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All through my school life I was appalled by the fact that masters and senior boys were allowed quite literally to wound

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"All through my school life I was appalled by the fact that masters and senior boys were allowed quite literally to wound other boys, and sometimes very severely"

- Roald Dahl

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This quote is written / told by Roald Dahl between September 13, 1916 and November 25, 1990. He/she was a famous Novelist from United Kingdom. The author also have 26 other quotes.

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