You, and those like you, take your fill of pleasure on earth by making…

Thomas Hardy
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You, and those like you, take your fill of pleasure on earth by making the life of such as me bitter and black with sorrow; and then it is a fine thing, when you have had enough of that, to think of securing your pleasure in heaven by becoming converted! ✨ Thomas Hardy (2016). Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, p.374, Thomas Hardy
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