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“A man's best things are nearest him, Lie close about his feet.”
Provenance
- Source:
- The Men of Old.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 10a760dd3db7946519bb39bf81735678e39d2312a6c01b812c0b1e2d856fa4f1
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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