“Marriage is god's way to ensure there are few great men”
Siddharth Katragadda (1972) Indian writer
page 55
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“Few great men could pass personnel.”
— Paul Goodman, book Growing Up Absurd
Source: Growing Up Absurd (1956), p. 153.
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