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To be born to create, to love, to win at games is to be born to live in time of peace. But war teaches us to lose everything and become what we were not. It all becomes a question of style.

To be born to create, to love, to win at games is to be born to live in time of peace. But war teaches us to lose everything and become what we were not. It all becomes a question of style.

Approximate author period: c. 1936 AD · modern

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Albert Camus
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Approximate author period: c. 1936 AD · modern
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