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Hornets Quote by Fred Reed

“I may think that hornets do not have an ideal social organization. But I know better than to poke their nest.” quote by Fred Reed — Download Open image

“I may think that hornets do not have an ideal social organization. But I know better than to poke their nest.”

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You will stir up the hornets. [Lat., Irritabis crabones.]

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