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"We die only once, and for such a long time"
...a quote by the French comic playwright Molière, the first person interred at Père Lachaise. He actually died in 1673 but was reburied here in 1804, in a ploy to entice more people to be laid to rest in the cemetery. The bourgeoisie society of the early 1800's thought the grave yard was too remote and unappealing. Eventually it did become popular ...
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