“Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.” – Georges Bernanos
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"Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air." – Georges Bernanos
"Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air." – Georges Bernanos
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