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Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.
-W. Somerset Maugham
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Men Have An Extraordinarily Erroneous Opinion Of

W. Somerset Maugham
Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.
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