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It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.

- Elizabeth Bibesco
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It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.

It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.

It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.

It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.

It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.

It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.

It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.

It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.

It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.

It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.

It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.

It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.

It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.

It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.

It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.