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Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

Thornton Wilder

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Thornton Wilder
Age: 78 †
Born: 1897
Born: April 17
Died: 1975
Died: December 7
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Madison
Wisconsin
Thornton Niven Wilder
Every
Good
Razor
World
Razors
Edge
Stands
Edges
Danger
Thing

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