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Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought.William Hazlitt · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 435
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William Hazlitt · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 435
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- W. A. Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings (1893) · Detto n. 435 · attribuzione riportata: Hazlitt
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