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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

For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing

• Friedrich Nietzsche



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