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When you're at war, you think about a better life when you're at peace you think about a more comfortable one.

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
Comfortable
Peace
War
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Life

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