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Jules Laforgue
French poet.
Born August 16th, 1860 in Montevideo. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1887 at 27 years old in Paris (tuberculosis). [ref]
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche