One minute. You know nothing about him. He probably has his own joys a…

E. M. Forster
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One minute. You know nothing about him. He probably has his own joys and interests- wife, children, snug little home. That's where we practical fellows'- he smiled-'are more tolerant than you intellectuals. We live and let live, and assume that things are jogging on fairly well elsewhere, and that the ordinary plain man may be trusted to look after his own affairs. ✨ E.M. Forster Howards End, Рипол Классик
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