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Habent sua fata libelli et balli [Books and bullets have their own destinies]
Habent sua fata libelli et balli [Books and bullets have their own destinies]
Approximate author period: c. 1946 AD · modern
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- Ernst Jünger
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- Approximate author period: c. 1946 AD · modern
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