The Story of Lao Ting and the Luminous Insect
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Do not adjust your sandals while passing through a melon-field, nor yet arrange your hat beneath an orange-tree.
— Ernest Bramah
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Source: Wikiquote: "Ernest Bramah" (Quotes, Kai Lung's Golden Hours (1922))
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About Ernest Bramah
Ernest Brammah Smith (March 20, 1868 – June 23, 1942) was the author of a series of stories about Kai Lung, a Chinese storyteller, and was also the creator of the blind detective Max Carrados. He wrote under the pseudonym Ernest Bramah.
About Ernest Bramah
Ernest Brammah Smith (March 20, 1868 – June 23, 1942) was the author of a series of stories about Kai Lung, a Chinese storyteller, and was also the creator of the blind detective Max Carrados. He wrote under the pseudonym Ernest Bramah.
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