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Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness.

Laurence Sterne

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Ach! Wenn die Prinzipien der Zufriedenheit nicht in uns sind, werden die Höhe der Station und die weltliche Herrlichkeit dem Mann so schnell eine Elle in Bezug auf sein Glück hinzufügen.

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