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Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners - your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards - who dishonor the vices and bring them into bad repute.

Thornton Wilder

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Thornton Wilder
Age: 78 †
Born: 1897
Born: April 17
Died: 1975
Died: December 7
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Madison
Wisconsin
Thornton Niven Wilder
Liars
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Sinner
Lecherous
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Vices
Miserly
Never
Combination
Repute
Time
Ethics
Drunkards
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Dishonor
Weakness
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Weaknesses
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