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Not every illness can be overcome. But many people allow illness to disfigure their lives more than it should. They cave in needlessly. They ignore and weaken whatever powers they have for standing erect. There is always a margin within which life can be lived with meaning and even with a certain measure of joy, despite illness.
Not every illness can be overcome. But many people allow illness to disfigure their lives more than it should. They cave in needlessly. They ignore and weaken whatever powers they have for standing erect. There is always a margin within which life can be lived with meaning and even with a certain measure of joy, despite illness.
Approximate author period: c. 1952 AD · modern
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- Norman Cousins
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- Approximate author period: c. 1952 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Norman Cousins: life dates 1915 to 1990. Wikidata Q1364026, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1364026 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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