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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: The life of civilized people is full of little conventional lies.

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The life of civilized people is full of little conventional lies.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin critiques the prevalence of insincerity in civilized society.

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