Judiciously show a cat milk, if you wish her to thirst for it. Judicio…

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Judiciously show a cat milk, if you wish her to thirst for it. Judiciously show a dog his natural prey, if you wish him to bring it down one day. ✨ Charles Dickens (1859). A Tale of Two Cities, p.276
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