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The secret of pleasure in life, as distinct from its great triumphs of transcendent joy, is to live in a series of small, legitimate successes. By legitimate I mean such as are not accompanied by self-condemnation.
Sydney Thompson Dobell
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Sydney Thompson Dobell
Age: 50 †
Born: 1824
Born: April 5
Died: 1874
Died: August 22
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