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You cannot get before you give. Wood cannot give you warmth before you start the fires.
You cannot get before you give. Wood cannot give you warmth before you start the fires.
Approximate historical placement: c. 2013 AD · contemporary
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- Debasish Mridha
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- Approximate historical placement: c. 2013 AD · contemporary
Documented author activity in 2013: the publisher dates Sweet Rhymes for Sweet Hearts (ISBN 9781479756995) to 2013. Used as a 21st-century author-period anchor, not a composition date for every attributed quotation. Source: https://www.xlibris.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/549292-sweet-rhymes-for-sweet-hearts (accessed 2026-10-08).
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