Oh, Vanity of vanities How wayward the decrees of Fate are How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are. (William Makepeace Thackeray)

Oh, Vanity of vanities How wayward the decrees of Fate are How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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