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Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

Hosea Ballou

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Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
Author
Theologian
Writer
Richmond
New Hampshire
Happy
Enough
Real
Minimalism
Dearly
Counterfeit
Cheap
Pay
Happiness

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