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Life deceives everyone except the individual who doesn't contemplate it, the individual who demands nothing from it, the individual who serenely accepts its few gifts and serenely makes the most of them.

Ivan Turgenev

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Ivan Turgenev
Age: 65 †
Born: 1818
Born: January 1
Died: 1883
Died: January 1
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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev
Everyone
Deceiving
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Contemplating
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Deception
Doesn
Demands
Nothing
Gifts
Serenely
Life
Demand
Deceives
Except
Accepts
Accepting
Contemplate

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