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The wickedness of men is that their power breeds stupidity and blindness.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Wickedness
Stupidity
Power
Men
Breeds
Blindness

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