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When man evolved pity, he did a queer thing - deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different.
-John Galsworthy
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John Galsworthy
When man evolved pity, he did a queer thing - deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different.
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