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We know well enough when we're being unjust and despicable. but we don't restrain ourselves because we experience a certain pleasure, a primitive sort of satisfaction in moments like that.

Ugo Betti

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Ugo Betti
Age: 61 †
Born: 1892
Born: February 4
Died: 1953
Died: June 6
Judge
Playwright
Poet
Writer
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Unjust
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Primitive
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Satisfaction
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Experience
Restrain
Moments
Despicable
Certain
Bullying

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