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The self-righteous rule out the possibility that they are what has gone wrong.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Self
Righteous
Rule
Possibility
Gone
Wrong

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