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Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
Soren Kierkegaard
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Soren Kierkegaard
Age: 42 †
Born: 1813
Born: January 1
Died: 1855
Died: January 1
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Job endured everything - until his friends came to comfort him, then he grew impatient.
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