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Even the world, that despises simplicity, does not profess to approve of duplicity.

Bill Vaughan

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Doe
Even
Duplicity
World
Despises
Profess
Approve
Deceit
Despise
Simplicity

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