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All human suffering springs from unbridled desire. Unless one extricates oneself from the clutch of greed, one will not free himself from the fetters of sorrow.

Velupillai Prabhakaran

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Velupillai Prabhakaran
Age: 54 †
Born: 1954
Born: November 26
Died: 2009
Died: May 19
Politician
Soldier
Valvettiturai
Thiruvenkadam Velupillai Prabhakaran
Suffering
Clutch
Free
Springs
Desire
Materialism
Human
Greed
Humans
Oneself
Sorrow
Spring
Unbridled
Unless
Fetters

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