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Don't lose heart if it's very difficult at times, everything will come out all right and nobody can in the beginning do as he wishes.

Vincent Van Gogh

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Vincent Van Gogh
Age: 37 †
Born: 1853
Born: March 30
Died: 1890
Died: July 29
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Lithographer
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Brooklyn
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