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Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin
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"Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them."
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Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them. — Paul Gauguin

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Paul Gauguin was a Artist from France (1848–1903).

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Who said "Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of o…"?
This quote is attributed to Paul Gauguin, a Artist from France.
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Paul Gauguin lived from 1848 – 1903.
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