..What our contempt often hurls from us,We wish it our again; the present pleasure,By revolution lowering,does becomeThe opposite of itself..
Not to wish too hard for a shift in circumstances since it never happens as you imagine.
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Not to wish too hard for a shift in circumstances since it never happens as you imagine.
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