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Life, upon the whole, is much more pleasurable than painful, otherwise we should not feel pain so impatiently when it comes.
Life, upon the whole, is much more pleasurable than painful, otherwise we should not feel pain so impatiently when it comes.
Approximate author period: c. 1821 AD · industrial
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- Leigh Hunt
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- Approximate author period: c. 1821 AD · industrial
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Leigh Hunt. · page_248
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