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W. H. Auden Quotes: Over the tea-cups and in the square the tongue has its desire; Still waters run deep, my dear, there's never smoke without fire.
         

Over the tea-cups and in the square the tongue has its desire; Still waters run deep, my dear, there's never smoke without fire.


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