"Every man should have laws of his own, I should think commandments of his own, for every man has a different set of circumstances wherein to work - or worry.“


-Gilbert Parker

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Every man should have laws of his own, I should think commandments of his own, for every man has a different set of circumstances wherein to work - or worry.

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