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正文 第40节 文 / [法]Honore de Balzac/巴尔扎克

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    nypersonssaythatstrategyisthechiefelentofsuccess;

    thatthebesten

    againstothernandsotaketheirplaces.that

    fortheddleages,odestroytheirrivalsby

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    butreerthis,thoughyoujudge,youwillyourselfbejudged;

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    destroyingyourfutu

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