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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.

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
Must
Open
Borne
Long
Eyes
Insult
Men
Powerful
Revenge
Time
Knowledge
Keeps
World
Society
Humble
Eye
Humility
Comforted
Comes
Losing
Imposes
Take
Learned
Insults

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