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Italians know about human nature - they understand human nature perhaps better than anyone else does.

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"Italians know about human nature - they understand human nature perhaps better than anyone else does. They know that people are weak and greedy and lazy and dishonest and they just try to make the best of it; to work around it"

- Donna Leon

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This quote is written / told by Donna Leon somewhere between September 29, 1942 and today. He/she was a famous Author from USA. The author also have 6 other quotes.

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