Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to…

Charles Dickens
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Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest. ✨ David Copperfield. Book by Charles Dickens, 1850.
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Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest. ✨ David Copperfield. Book by Charles Dickens, 1850.

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