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Though Life's Tuition Is Always Ruinous, Inexorably We Learn.
-John Barth
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Though Life's Tuition Is Always Ruinous, Inexorably
John Barth
Though Life's Tuition Is Always Ruinous, Inexorably We Learn.
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