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Luigi Illica
Italian librettist (1857–1919).
Born May 9th, 1857 in Castell'Arquato.
Died December 16th, 1919 at 62 years old in Castell'Arquato.
Occupations
journalist, librettist, playwright, poet
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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