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It was easier to trip a fool than to knock him down.

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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
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Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
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Easier
Knock
Trip
Fool

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