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The dramatic art would appear to be rather a feminine art it contains in itself all the artifices which belong to the province ofwoman: the desire to please, facility to express emotions and hide defects, and the faculty of assimilation which is the real essence of woman.

Sarah Bernhardt

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Sarah Bernhardt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1844
Born: October 22
Died: 1923
Died: March 26
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