So, throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually c…

Charles Dickens
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So, throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people whom we most despise. ✨ Charles Dickens (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated), p.7278, Delphi Classics
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So, throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people whom we most despise. ✨ Charles Dickens (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated), p.7278, Delphi Classics

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