It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground.…

Anthony Trollope
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It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can't fly away. ✨ Anthony Trollope (2016). The Last Chronicle of Barset, p.517, Anthony Trollope
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