“Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t’were his own.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t’were his own." – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t’were his own." – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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