She wore so much thick white makeup in order to conceal her naturally rosy complexion that if she … - Terry Pratchett

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The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves.

Terry Pratchett

She wore so much thick white makeup in order to conceal her naturally rosy complexion that if she turned around suddenly her face would probably end up on the back of her head.

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