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One passes through the world knowing few, if any, of the important things about even the people with whom one has been from time to time in the closest intimacy.
One passes through the world knowing few, if any, of the important things about even the people with whom one has been from time to time in the closest intimacy.
Approximate author period: c. 1952 AD · modern
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- Anthony Powell
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- Approximate author period: c. 1952 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Anthony Powell: life dates 1905 to 2000. Wikidata Q573813, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q573813 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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