Unanimity is always stupid.

 

Unanimity is always stupid.
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"A mulher que Amou Demais: romance - Pg. 13, by Nelson Rodrigues, Published br Companhia das Letras, 2003 ISBN 853590414X, 9788535904147.

 

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