Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean

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Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate. - Soren Kierkegaard

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philosopher, 1813 - 1855

Born:5th May, 1813
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Starsign: Taurus

Author Keywords: Philosopher

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