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Everyone in this life is defeated but a man, if he be a man, is not defeated.

William Carlos Williams

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William Carlos Williams
Age: 79 †
Born: 1883
Born: September 17
Died: 1963
Died: March 4
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Sure love is cruel and selfish and totally obtuse-- at least, blinded by the light, young love is.
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