"I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing."

Katherine Anne Porter, American Journalist

Self-control, End, Nothing, Right, Will

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"I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing."

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