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Charles Dickens, Great Expectations Quotes: All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself.
         

All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself.


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All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself.
         



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