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Happiness does not exist, nor should it, and if there is any meaning or purpose in life, they are not in our peddling little happiness, but in something reasonable and grand. Do good!
Happiness does not exist, nor should it, and if there is any meaning or purpose in life, they are not in our peddling little happiness, but in something reasonable and grand. Do good!
Approximate author period: c. 1882 AD · industrial
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- Anton Chekhov
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- Approximate author period: c. 1882 AD · industrial
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