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What I have set down in a moment of ardour I must then critically examine. Sometimes I must do myself violence before I can mercilessly erase things thought out with love.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Age: 53 †
Born: 1840
Born: May 7
Died: 1893
Died: November 6
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