With a tiny bit of effort, the nettle would be useful; if you neglect …

Victor Hugo
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With a tiny bit of effort, the nettle would be useful; if you neglect it, it becomes a pest. So then we kill it. How many men are like nettles My friends, there is no such thing as a weed and no such thing as a bad man. There are only bad cultivators. ✨ Victor Hugo (2008). Les Misérables, Random House LLC
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