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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
Author
Essayist
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
Solomon Bellows
Great
Countries
Expose
Writing
Among
Hypocrite
Love
Feet
Usa
Write
Counting
Blemishes
America
Expressing
Underdeveloped
Wells
Clay
Frauds
Well
Fraud
Warts
Country
Belong
Hypocrites

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