Children are given us to discourage our better emotions. ✨ Saki, Hecto…

Hector Hugh Munro
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Children are given us to discourage our better emotions. ✨ Saki, Hector Hugh Munro (2016). Delphi Complete Works of Saki (Illustrated), p.309, Delphi Classics
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