Indifference to fate which, though it often makes a villain of a man, …

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Indifference to fate which, though it often makes a villain of a man, is the basis of his sublimity when it does not. ✨ Thomas Hardy (2016). Far from the Madding Crowd: Works of Hardy, p.28, 谷月社
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Indifference to fate which, though it often makes a villain of a man, is the basis of his sublimity when it does not. ✨ Thomas Hardy (2016). Far from the Madding Crowd: Works of Hardy, p.28, 谷月社

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