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As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour.

Anthony Trollope

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Anthony Trollope
Age: 67 †
Born: 1815
Born: April 24
Died: 1882
Died: December 6
Autobiographer
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Novelist
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London
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Life
Relinquishing
Diminished
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Labour
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Happiness
Ever
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