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Isak Dinesen Quotes: Truth is for tailors and shoemakers. I, on the contrary, have always held that the Lord has a penchant for masquerades.
         

Truth is for tailors and shoemakers. I, on the contrary, have always held that the Lord has a penchant for masquerades.


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