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I have lived to know that the secret of happiness is never to allow your energies to stagnate.

Adam Clarke

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Adam Clarke
Died: 1832
Died: August 26
Minister
Theologian
Secret
Happiness
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Action
Never
Stagnate
Energies
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Lived

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