To enjoy freedom ... we have of course to control ourselves. We must n…

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To enjoy freedom ... we have of course to control ourselves. We must not squander our powers, helplessly and ignorantly, squirting half the house in order to water a single rose. ✨ Virginia Woolf, Hermione Lee (2000). A room of one's own and other essays
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