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If you are often deceived by those around you, you may be sure that you deserve to be deceived and that instead of railing at the general falseness of mankind, you have first to pronounce judgment on your own jealous tyranny, or on your own weak credulity.

Arthur Helps

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Arthur Helps
Age: 61 †
Born: 1813
Born: July 10
Died: 1875
Died: March 7
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Sir Arthur Helps
Often
Tyranny
Around
Deserve
Railing
May
Judgment
Falseness
Firsts
Weak
Pronounce
First
General
Credulity
Mankind
Deceived
Instead
Deception
Sure
Jealous

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