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Thornton Wilder Quotes

Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.
Thornton Wilder

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Novelist Quotes
Category:
American Novelist Quotes
Date of Birth:
April 17, 1897
Date of Death:
December 7, 1975
Nationality:
American
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