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Albert Camus, The Fall Quotes: If pimps and thieves were invariably sentenced, all decent people would get to thinking they themselves were constantly innocent.
         

If pimps and thieves were invariably sentenced, all decent people would get to thinking they themselves were constantly innocent.


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