We can do without any article of luxury we have never had; but when once obtained, it is not in human natur' to surrender it voluntarily. (Thomas Chandler Haliburton)

We can do without any article of luxury we have never had; but when once obtained, it is not in human natur' to surrender it voluntarily.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

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