If my future were black, it was better surely to face it like a man th…

Arthur Conan Doyle
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If my future were black, it was better surely to face it like a man than to attempt to brighten it by mere will-o’-the-wisps of the imagination. ✨ Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). Sherlock Holmes. The best stories, p.121, Издательство Проспект
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