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Jane Austen1 quote
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. — Jane Austen · 1813
Upton Sinclair1 quote
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it. — Upton Sinclair · 1935