This reminds me, Godmother, to ask you a serious question. You are as …

Charles Dickens
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This reminds me, Godmother, to ask you a serious question. You are as wise as wise can be (having been brought up by the fairies), and you can tell me this: Is it better to have had a good thing and lost it, or never to have had it? ✨ Charles Dickens (2016). Our Mutual Friend, p.427, Xist Publishing
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