The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf. ✨ …

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The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf. ✨ Thomas Paine, John P. Kaminski (2002). Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion, p.76, Rowman & Littlefield
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