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Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; but friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.
-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; but friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.
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