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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: Beware of too much good staying in your hand. It will fast corrupt and worm worms. Pay it away quickly in some sort.
         

Beware of too much good staying in your hand. It will fast corrupt and worm worms. Pay it away quickly in some sort.


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