We are not nanve enough to ask for pure men we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job. (Jean Rostand)

We are not nanve enough to ask for pure men we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.

Jean Rostand

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