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it is better in the long run to be cheated than to cheat. I have learned that there is no middle way.

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Phyllis Bottome
Age: 81 †
Born: 1882
Born: May 31
Died: 1963
Died: August 22
Author
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Phyllis Forbes Dennis
Cheated
Cheat
Learned
Middle
Running
Better
Long
Way
Dishonesty

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