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Every evil is some good spelt backwards, and in it the wise know h

Every evil is some good spelt backwards, and in it the wise know how to read Wisdom. – Coventry Patmore

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To him that waits all things reveal themselves, provided that he has the courage not to deny, in the darkness, what he has seen in the light. – Coventry Patmore

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