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Eric Hoffer Quotes: There is a radicalism in all getting, and a conservatism in all keeping. Lovemaking is radical, while marriage is conservative.
         

There is a radicalism in all getting, and a conservatism in all keeping. Lovemaking is radical, while marriage is conservative.


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