He had the settled expression of a certain kind of peasant-the kind that accepts, with protest but without malice, the vagaries of life. It is the gift life sends to compensate for the lack of a high I.Q. (Brian Aldiss)

He had the settled expression of a certain kind of peasant-the kind that accepts, with protest but without malice, the vagaries of life. It is the gift life sends to compensate for the lack of a high I.Q.

Brian Aldiss

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