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Human misery must somewhere have a stop there is no wind that always blows a storm.

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Euripides
Playwright
Tragedy Writer
Writer
Ancient Athens
Somewhere
Wind
Blows
Stop
Depression
Human
Adversity
Humans
Storm
Must
Sadness
Always
Blow
Misery

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