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Fun comes hard - like, alas, its prarens, pleasure and happiness, whom we have to pursue.

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
Author
Essayist
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
Solomon Bellows
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Alas
Pursue
Fun
Pleasure
Happiness
Comes

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When I didn't argue he was satisfied he had persuaded me, and was not the first to make that mistake.
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