Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body. ✨ Ge…

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Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body. ✨ George Santayana (1934). Little essays drawn from the writings of George Santayana, p.150, Рипол Классик
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