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Deference often shrinks and withers as much upon the approach of intimacy as the sensitive plant does upon the touch of one's finger.

William Shenstone

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William Shenstone
Age: 48 †
Born: 1714
Born: November 18
Died: 1763
Died: February 11
Gardener
Horticulturist
Poet
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Upon
Shrinks
Often
Finger
Doe
Intimacy
Much
Sensitive
Fingers
Plant
Touch
Withers
Approach
Deference

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