Robert Southey :
I have told you of the Spaniard who always put on his spectacles when about to eat cherries, that they might look bigger and more attempting. In like manner I made the most of my enjoyment s: and through I do not cast my cares away, I pack them in as little compass as I can, and carry them as conveniently as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
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Life and Living
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 Spinoza_64x64.png "Quotations by Baruch (Benedict de) Spinoza")
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