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"Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil - or else an absolute ignorance."

Graham Greene, British Playwright

Egotism, Evil, Ignorance, Man

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"Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil - or else an absolute ignorance."

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