It was the touch of the imperfect upon the would-be perfect… - Thomas Hardy

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It was the touch of the imperfect upon the would-be perfect that gave the sweetness, because it was that which gave the humanity

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Thomas Hardy OM (June 2 1840 – January 11 1928) was an English novelist, short story writer and poet.

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