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“Nor peace nor ease the heart can know Which, like the needle true, Turns at the touch of joy or woe, But turning, trembles too.”
Provenance
- Source:
- A Prayer for Indifference.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- ce8246b3bfeed8533f4a5ac4cfe206763cc0f1972dd75d7c3abb7e78737a16ab
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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