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Why is it, I wonder, that people suffer, when there is so little need, when an effort of will and some hard work would bring them from their misery into peace and contentment.
Why is it, I wonder, that people suffer, when there is so little need, when an effort of will and some hard work would bring them from their misery into peace and contentment.
Approximate author period: c. 1944 AD · modern
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- Richard Llewellyn
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- Approximate author period: c. 1944 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Richard Llewellyn: life dates 1906 to 1983. Wikidata Q561435, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q561435 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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