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The most efficient way of rendering the poor harmless is to teach them to want to imitate the rich.

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Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Age: 55 †
Born: 1964
Born: September 25
Died: 2020
Died: June 19
Novelist
Publicist
Screenwriter
Barcelona
Spain
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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Harmless
Rendering
Imitate
Efficient
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Rich
Poor

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