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Paul Laurence Dunbar

"I am but clay," the sinner plead,
Who fed each vain desire.
"Not only clay," another said,
"But worse, for thou art mire."




Quotes of the Day

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
• Joseph Conrad


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