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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
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This page presents the quote "You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.". Author of this quote is Fran Lebowitz. This quote is about moral, people,.