Dues Quote by Sophie Swetchine

“If it were ever allowable to forget what is due to superiority of rank, it would be when the privileged themselves remember it.” quote by Sophie Swetchine — Download Open image

“If it were ever allowable to forget what is due to superiority of rank, it would be when the privileged themselves remember it.”

Sophie Swetchine

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RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas.

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