A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected. ✨ Samuel Johnson, A…

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A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected. ✨ Samuel Johnson, A.F. Neuwieller (1857). The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale, p.38
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A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected. ✨ Samuel Johnson, A.F. Neuwieller (1857). The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale, p.38

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