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Rings and other jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. ... it is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy me something which … emerson/28

If you visit your friend, why need you apologize for not having visited him, and waste his time and deface your own act? Visit him now. Let him feel … emerson/8

Leaving aside the proletarian neatness of nanny-gardeners, if you do spot an unexpectedly and unmistakably plebian feature in such a garden, it is worth … fox/5