A Quote by Arthur Bryant
Half the trouble in the world arises from men trying to anticipate their time and season, and the other half from their trying to prolong them.
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A tree there is that from its topmost bough
Is half all glittering flame and half all green
Abounding foliage moistened with the dew;
And half is half and yet is all the scene;
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