"I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs."
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"Opinions differ as to the reasons why he became the futile laborer of the underworld. To begin with, he is accused of a certain levity in regard to the gods. He stole their secrets."
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