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To think well of every other man's condition and to dislike our own is one of the misfortunes of human nature.

To think well of every other man's condition and to dislike our own is one of the misfortunes of human nature.

Approximate author period: c. 1608 AD · renaissance

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Robert Burton
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Approximate author period: c. 1608 AD · renaissance
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