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The advantage of duty is that it can always be neglected.
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Part III. Divertissements, Chapter 3. Newly Discovered Maxims of La Rochefoucauld, Introduction
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Fact and Fiction
Writer:
Bertrand Russell
Genre:
Philosophy, Essays
Published:
1961
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