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Life without death and happiness without misery are contradiction and neither can be found alone, because each of them is a different manifestation of the same thing.

Swami Vivekananda

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Swami Vivekananda
Age: 39 †
Born: 1863
Born: January 12
Died: 1902
Died: July 4
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