"A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.“


-Nathaniel Hawthorne

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A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.

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