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Fran Lebowitz Quotes: You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
         

You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.


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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
         



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