Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind t…

John Steinbeck
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Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love. ✨ Journal entry in 1938. Introduction by Susan Shillinglaw to Of Mice and Men, p. VII, 1994.
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