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It Is Not Every Man Who Can Be Exquisitely Miserable, Any More Than Exquisitely Happy.
-James Boswell
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It Is Not Every Man Who Can
James Boswell
It Is Not Every Man Who Can Be Exquisitely Miserable, Any More Than Exquisitely Happy.
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