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There is no disappointment we endure one-half so great as what we are to ourselves.

Philip James Bailey

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Philip James Bailey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1816
Born: April 22
Died: 1902
Died: September 6
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Poet
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P. J. Bailey
Disappointment
Endure
Half
Great

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