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The fly runs toward the fire or lamp, thinking that it is a flower, and gets burnt up. Even so, the passionate man runs towards a false beautiful form, thinking that he can obtain real happiness, and gets burnt up in the fire of lust.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Happiness
False
Running
Passionate
Beautiful
Towards
Burnt
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Sex
Lamp
Real
Flower
Lamps
Even
Toward
Obtain
Men
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Runs
Thinking
Fire
Lust

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