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Mika Waltari Quotes

During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality, I am as weary of that as I am of gods and kings. For my own sake only I write this; and herein I differ from all other writers, past and to come.
Mika Waltari

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Date of Birth:
September 19, 1908
Date of Death:
August 26, 1979
Nationality:
Finnish
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