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When one has too great a dread of what is impending, one feels some relief when the trouble has come.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
Essayist
Philosopher
Writer
Relief
Worry
Trouble
Come
Feels
Great
Impending
Dread

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