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Revenge has a way of corroding you, the revenger. You know it doesn't heal you.

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Desmond Tutu
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
Activist
Anglican Priest
Non-Fiction Writer
Archbisphop Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Corroding
Revenge
Heal
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