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

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