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A friend should always underestimate your virtues and an enemy overestimate your faults

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Mario Puzo
Age: 78 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 15
Died: 1999
Died: July 2
Author
Diplomat
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Mario Cleri
Mario Gianluigi Puzo
Friend
Virtue
Enemy
Always
Overestimate
Underestimate
Virtues
Faults

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