it is the ordinary lot of people to have no friends if they themselves…

William Makepeace Thackeray
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it is the ordinary lot of people to have no friends if they themselves care for nobody ✨ William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated), p.662, Delphi Classics
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