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Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White Quotes: The fool's crime is the crime that is found out and the wise man's crime is the crime that is not found out.
         

The fool's crime is the crime that is found out and the wise man's crime is the crime that is not found out.


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The fool's crime is the crime that is found out and the wise man's crime is the crime that is not found out.
         



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