It was needless, after this, to say that all was vanity and vexation o…

Thomas Paine
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It was needless, after this, to say that all was vanity and vexation of spirit; for it is impossible to derive happiness from the company of those whom we deprive of happiness. ✨ Thomas Paine (1995). Collected Writings, p.771, Library of America
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It was needless, after this, to say that all was vanity and vexation of spirit; for it is impossible to derive happiness from the company of those whom we deprive of happiness. ✨ Thomas Paine (1995). Collected Writings, p.771, Library of America

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