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Here we write well when we expose frauds and hypocrites. We are great at counting warts and blemishes and weighting feet of clay. In expressing love, we belong among the underdeveloped countries.

Saul Bellow

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
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Essayist
Novelist
University Teacher
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Solomon Bellows
Great
Countries
Expose
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Among
Hypocrite
Love
Feet
Usa
Write
Counting
Blemishes
America
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Clay
Frauds
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Fraud
Warts
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Hypocrites

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