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Only your hearts be frolic, for the time Craves that we taste of naught but jouissance.

Robert Greene

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Robert Greene
Age: 34 †
Born: 1558
Born: July 11
Died: 1592
Died: September 3
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Norwich
Norfolk
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Naught
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Hearts
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