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Anger Quote by Plutarch

“Lamentation is the only musician that always, like a screech-owl, alights and sits on the roof of any angry man.” quote by Plutarch — Download Open image

“Lamentation is the only musician that always, like a screech-owl, alights and sits on the roof of any angry man.”

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