If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow86 quotes“If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.”
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