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Generosity is the only legitimate selfishness.

Mario Benedetti

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Mario Benedetti
Age: 88 †
Born: 1920
Born: September 14
Died: 2009
Died: May 17
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Politician
Writer
Hamlet Brenna Benedetti Farrugia
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Generosity

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