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George Horace Lorimer Quotes: Every fellow is really two men -- what he is and what he might be; and you're never absolutely sure which you're going to bury till he's dead.
         

Every fellow is really two men -- what he is and what he might be; and you're never absolutely sure which you're going to bury till he's dead.


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