...Hard people are weak people whom nobody wants, and the strong, cari…

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...Hard people are weak people whom nobody wants, and the strong, caring little whether they are wanted or not, have alone that meekness which the common herd mistake for weakness. ✨ Marcel Proust (2016). Sodom et Gomorrhe, p.544, Marcel Proust
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...Hard people are weak people whom nobody wants, and the strong, caring little whether they are wanted or not, have alone that meekness which the common herd mistake for weakness. ✨ Marcel Proust (2016). Sodom et Gomorrhe, p.544, Marcel Proust

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