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In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be--and thus the world is merely composed of actors.

In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be–and thus the world is merely composed of actors.
– Franois de La Rochefoucauld

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