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Gaston Boissier
French classical scholar, and secretary of the académie française (1823–1908).
Born August 15th, 1823 in Nîmes.
Died June 10th, 1908 at 84 years old in Viroflay.
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