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Joy increases as you give it and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
Joy increases as you give it and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
Approximate author period: c. 1945 AD · modern
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- Norman Vincent Peale
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- Approximate author period: c. 1945 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Norman Vincent Peale: life dates 1898 to 1993. Wikidata Q708251, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708251 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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