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Insecurity breeds treachery: if you are kind to people who hate themselves, they will hate you as well.

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Florence King
Age: 80 †
Born: 1936
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: January 6
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Washington
District of Columbia
Florence Virginia King
Wells
Well
Kind
People
Treachery
Breeds
Insecurity
Prejudice
Hate

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