We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend,…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, p.133, Рипол Классик
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