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When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor their baseness. there are no limits in either direction apparently.
-Henry Miller
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When You Know What Men Are Capable

Henry Miller
When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor their baseness. there are no limits in either direction apparently.
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