To be happy in absolute terms, along with our happiness, all the world must be happy so that we don__ have to worry for anyone!
Some live in poverty but with their honor; some live in wealth but with no honor! Some lives are respectable, some are disgraceful!
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Some live in poverty but with their honor; some live in wealth but with no honor! Some lives are respectable, some are disgraceful!
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