O thou Sun, send me as far over the earth as is my pleasure and thine, and may I make the acquaintance of good men, but never hear anything of bad ones, nor they of me.

Apollonius of Tyana

Acquaintance Anything Bad Earth Far Good Good Men Hear Make May Me Men Never Nor Over Pleasure Send Sun Thine Thou

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