His fault was a common one. He simply did not know what he was;he saw no flaw in himself, a not unusual… — Gore Vidal
His fault was a common one. He simply did not know what he was;he saw no flaw in himself, a not unusual blindness and preferable, on the whole , to being unable to find any virtue in oneself.
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