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All women are born evil. Some just realize their potential later in life than others.
Jean Giraudoux
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Jean Giraudoux
Age: 61 †
Born: 1882
Born: October 29
Died: 1944
Died: January 31
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Water is the one substance from which the earth can conceal nothing it sucks out its innermost secrets and brings them to our very lips.
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All the evil in the world is the fault of the self-styled pure in heart, a result of their eagerness to unearth secrets and expose them to the light of the sun.
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Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands.
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