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To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
Approximate author period: c. 1922 AD · modern
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- Carl Sandburg
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- Approximate author period: c. 1922 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1878 to 1967; Wikidata Q193608, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193608 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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