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Whenever I See An Erring Man, I Say To Myself I Have Also Erred; When I See A Lustful Man I Say To Myself, So Was I Once; And In This Way I Feel Kinship With Everyone In The World And Feel That I Cannot Be Happy Without The Humblest Of Us Being Happy.

-Mahatma Gandhi

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Mahatma Gandhi

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Whenever I See An Erring Man, I Say To Myself I Have Also Erred; When I See A Lustful Man I Say To Myself, So Was I Once; And In This Way I Feel Kinship With Everyone In The World And Feel That I Cannot Be Happy Without The Humblest Of Us Being Happy.

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