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Power wears out those who do not have it.

Mario Puzo

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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
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He had long ago learned that society imposes insults that must be borne, comforted by the knowledge that in this world there comes a time when the most humble of men, if he keeps his eyes open, can take his revenge on the most powerful.
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We don't know if capital punishment is a deterrent, but we know that men we execute will not murder again.
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You can't hide the thunderbolt. When it hits you, everybody can see it. Christ, man, don't be ashamed of it, some men pray for the thunderbolt. You're a very lucky fellow. - Calo
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Italians have a little joke, that the world is so hard a man must have two fathers to look after him, and that's why they have godfathers.
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But you're the toughest son of a b!&€# i've ever seen.You never let anybody get near you.You never let anybody know what you really think.
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ِAn offer you can't refuse.
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And in that fraction of a second before anything actually happened, Santino Corleone knew he was a dead man.
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It can be argued that man's instinct to gamble is the only reason he is still not a monkey up in the trees.
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He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war must die. Show me a gambler and I'll show you a loser, show me a hero and I'll show you a corpse.
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Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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I like to drink wine more than I used to. Anyway, I'm drinking more.
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there was no greater natural advantage in life than having an enemy overestimate your faults, unless it was to have a friend underestimate your virtues.
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A friend should always underestimate your virtues and an enemy overestimate your faults
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I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.
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Any man can turn traitor.
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Why should I be afraid now? Strange men have come to kill me ever since I was twelve years old.
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Many young men started down a false path to their true destiny. Time and fortune usually set them aright.
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Our own death wish is our only real tragedy.
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He smelled the garden, the yellow shield of light smote his eyes, and he whispered, Life is so beautiful. ... Yes, he thought, if I can die saying, Life is so beautiful, then nothing else is important.
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Friendship and money: oil and water.
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