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The best philosophy is to do one's duties to take the world as it comes submit respectfully to one's lot and bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it whatever it is.
The best philosophy is to do one's duties to take the world as it comes submit respectfully to one's lot and bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it whatever it is.
Approximate author period: c. 1757 AD · early modern
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- Horace Walpole
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- Approximate author period: c. 1757 AD · early modern
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