When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun …

Horace Walpole
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When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles. ✨ Letter to Lady Ailesbury, 10 July 1779, in 'Letters'
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When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles. ✨ Letter to Lady Ailesbury, 10 July 1779, in 'Letters'

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