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Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we.

Jean Rostand

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Jean Rostand
Age: 82 †
Born: 1894
Born: October 30
Died: 1977
Died: September 4
Biologist
Historian
Philosopher
Writer
Paris
France
Whole
Stupidity
Vanity
Direction
Array
Fail
Iniquity
Atheism
Outrage
Failing
Falsehood
Stupid
Facing
Faith
Cruelty

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