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For common minds have an ugly ability to perceive in the deepest and richest saying nothing but their own everyday opinion.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Jean-Paul Sartre
Age: 74 †
Born: 1905
Born: January 1
Died: 1980
Died: January 1
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