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“To create man was a fine and original idea; but to add the sheep was a tautology.”
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- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 18ad95c3e83d18db094d9c0cae213f8b25815044a9166bc5253efd7882ced9fa
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