Men thin away to insignificance and oblivion quite as often by not mak…

Thomas Hardy
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Men thin away to insignificance and oblivion quite as often by not making the most of good spirits when they have them as by lacking good spirits when they are indispensable. ✨ 1874 Far from the Madding Crowd, ch.22.
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