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The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.
The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.
Approximate author period: c. 1844 AD · industrial
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- Charles Baudelaire
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- Approximate author period: c. 1844 AD · industrial
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