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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.

Quentin Crisp

English Writer

Born: Dec 25, 1908

Died: Nov 21, 1999

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Character, Intelligence, Though, Weaknesses, Finding, Powerless, Hand, Modify

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