No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it. -Oliver Goldsmith
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No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it. -Oliver Goldsmith
No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it. -Oliver Goldsmith
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