People blush at praise--not only praise of their bodies, but praise of…

C. S. Lewis
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People blush at praise--not only praise of their bodies, but praise of anything that is theirs. ✨ C.S. Lewis (2005). A Preface to Paradise Lost, p.117, Atlantic Publishers & Dist
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