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Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.
Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.
Approximate author period: c. 1937 AD · modern
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- Anne Frank
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- Approximate author period: c. 1937 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1929 to 1945; Wikidata Q4583, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4583 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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