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There is one regard in which bullies show real perception when compared with their victims it is their silent good-natured pleasure of the moment.

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
Good
Silent
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Bullies
Pleasure
Bullying
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Bully
Moment
Victims
Moments
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