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When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.
When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.
Approximate author period: c. 1923 AD · modern
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- Eleanor Roosevelt
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- Approximate author period: c. 1923 AD · modern
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