I have learned that a man has the right and obligation to look down at…

Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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I have learned that a man has the right and obligation to look down at another man, only when that man needs help to get up from the ground.
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I have learned that a man has the right and obligation to look down at another man, only when that man needs help to get up from the ground.

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