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Readiness to answer all questions is the infallible sign of stupidity.

Saul Bellow

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
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Solomon Bellows
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To tell the truth I never had it so good. But I lacked the strength of character to bear such joy.
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When I didn't argue he was satisfied he had persuaded me, and was not the first to make that mistake.
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My face too blind, my mind too limited, my instincts too narrow. But this intensity, doesn't it mean anything?
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