A man can't be angry at his own time without suffering some damage. ✨ …

Robert Musil
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A man can't be angry at his own time without suffering some damage. ✨ Robert Musil (2015). The Man Without Qualities: Picador Classic, p.61, Pan Macmillan
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A man can't be angry at his own time without suffering some damage. ✨ Robert Musil (2015). The Man Without Qualities: Picador Classic, p.61, Pan Macmillan

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