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""...there is nothing in life which possession does not discover to be inadequate: we are cursed with a tyrannous need for what life does not afford; and we strive for various prizes, saying,'Happiness is there,' when in point of fact it is nowhere." — Sep 08, 2013 09:51AM
""...there is nothing in life which possession does not discover to be inadequate: we are cursed with a tyrannous need for what life does not afford; and we strive for various prizes, saying,'Happiness is there,' when in point of fact it is nowhere." — Sep 08, 2013 09:51AM
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