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If you ask the lion to protect from from wolves, you have only chosen to end in one belly instead of another.

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Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
Author
Military Officer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
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Lions
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Protect
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Another
Wolves
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