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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 15366 |
| QUOTATION: | The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Quentin Crisp (b. 1908), British author. How to Become a Virgin, ch. 2 (1981). |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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