A Quote by Israel Zangwill

As soon as you tolerate something, it becomes bearable, and before long it will become common.

Israel Zangwill

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Bearable Become Becomes Before Common Long Something Soon Tolerate Will

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Israel Zangwill
English - Writer
January 21, 1864 - August 1, 1926

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