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This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977), British actor, screenwriter, director, and Orson Welles. Monsieur Henri Verdoux (Charles Chaplin), Monsieur Verdoux, said to The Girl (Marilyn Nash) as Verdoux contemplates murdering her to test a new poison (1947).

Compare these cynical thoughts to Chaplin's plea for human kindness at the end of The Great Dictator.

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