Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits that which he has and that which he thinks he has.
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Alphonse Karr was a 19th-century French critic, journalist, and novelist. - Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr was a French critic, journalist, and novelist. Read more on Wikipedia →

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