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Ignorance and poverty are the best condiments for the great feast of the world, but the inexperienced and poor are never invited to it.

Anthony Burgess

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Anthony Burgess
Age: 76 †
Born: 1917
Born: February 25
Died: 1993
Died: November 22
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