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There are many things that are thorns to our hopes until we have attained them, and envenomed arrows to our hearts when we have.

Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau

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Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau
Age: 73 †
Born: 1715
Born: October 5
Died: 1789
Died: July 13
Economist
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Politician
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Victor de Riquetti
marquis de Mirabeau
Friend of Man
Victor Riquetti
Marquis de Mirabeau
Hopes
Hearts
Many
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Thorns
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