Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
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Italian politician, Writer and Author 1469–1527Related quotes
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Julian Barnes book The Sense of an Ending
Source: The Sense of an Ending
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Source: 1920s, Sceptical Essays (1928), Ch. 1: The Value of Scepticism