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There are people who are always anticipating trouble and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen.
There are people who are always anticipating trouble and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen.
Approximate author period: c. 1851 AD · industrial
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- Josh Billings
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- Approximate author period: c. 1851 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1818 to 1885; Wikidata Q955265, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q955265 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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