It is a pleasant world we live in, sir, a very pleasant world. There a…

Charles Dickens
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It is a pleasant world we live in, sir, a very pleasant world. There are bad people in it, Mr. Richard, but if there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers. ✨ Charles Dickens (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated), p.2312, Delphi Classics
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It is a pleasant world we live in, sir, a very pleasant world. There are bad people in it, Mr. Richard, but if there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers. ✨ Charles Dickens (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated), p.2312, Delphi Classics

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