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It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That's where the mischief starts. That's where everything starts unravelling...
It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That's where the mischief starts. That's where everything starts unravelling...
Approximate author period: c. 1975 AD · modern
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- V.S. Naipaul
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- Approximate author period: c. 1975 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to V.S. Naipaul, based on documented lifetime 1932 to 2018. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44593 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44593 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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