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Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.
Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.
Approximate author period: c. 445 BC · classical
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- Approximate author period: c. 445 BC · classical
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