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Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Age: 35 †
Born: 1756
Born: January 27
Died: 1791
Died: December 5
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