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My chief study all my life has been to lighten misfortunes and multiply pleasures, as far as human nature can.
-Mary Wortley Montagu
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My Chief Study All My Life Has

Mary Wortley Montagu
My chief study all my life has been to lighten misfortunes and multiply pleasures, as far as human nature can.
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