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“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile — hoping it will eat him last.”
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- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 74625a74f8d1627ee96f5e2688dcc6d8416032736200a7ea189a66e34ff04d1b
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