I have seen too many men go down, and I never permit myself to forget …

John Steinbeck
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I have seen too many men go down, and I never permit myself to forget that one day, through accident or under the charge of a younger, stronger knight, I too will go down. ✨ John Steinbeck (2008). The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition), p.125, Penguin
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