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Sadness is a state of sin.
Sadness is a state of sin.
Approximate author period: c. 1910 AD · modern
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- Andre Gide
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- Approximate author period: c. 1910 AD · modern
Approximate period for recorded attribution label Andre Gide: recorded author lifetime 1869–1951. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47484 (checked 2026-10-08). The existing author record is andre-gide; no author identity is bound and no quotation composition date or attribution is independently verified.
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