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Why do we call all our generous ideas illusions, and the mean ones truths?

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Why do we call all our generous ideas illusions, and the mean ones truths? - Edith Wharton

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Author's Biography:
Name: Edith Wharton
Born: 24 January 1862
Profession: Novelist | Writer | Playwright |

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