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Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities will always be the favorite beverage of the intellectual.

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Bir elmann birbirinden farkl grnmleri olabilir: Masann stndeki elmay bir an olsun grebilmek iin boynunu uzatan ocuun gr ve bir de, elmay alp yanndaki arkadana rahata veren evin efendisinin gr. Franz Kafka
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