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Writers May Be Classified As Meteors, Planets, And Fixed Stars.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
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Writers May Be Classified As Meteors, Planets,
Arthur Schopenhauer
Writers May Be Classified As Meteors, Planets, And Fixed Stars.
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