If you stop painting policemen in order to paint windmills, criticism remains so overpoweringly policeman-conscious that even a windmill is seen as something with arms out, obviously directing the traffic.
A. A. MilneAbout author
- Author's profession: Author
- Nationality: english
- Born: January 18, 1882
- Died: January 31, 1956
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