One of the marks of a certain type of bad man is that he cannot give u…

C. S. Lewis
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One of the marks of a certain type of bad man is that he cannot give up a thing himself without wanting everyone else to give it up. ✨ C.S. Lewis (1996). Joyful Christian, p.126, Simon and Schuster
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