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Quote by Joseph Addison
Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in general, we are

Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in general, we are wishing every period of it at an end. The minor longs to be at age, then to be a man of business, then to make up an estate, then to arrive at honors, then to retire. – Joseph Addison

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