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“Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our hardnesses yield, all our irritations and resentments flit away and a sunny spirit takes their place.”
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- quote
- Confidence:
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- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
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- ecd3752e6dc355681db8353e2f93c880e9c399f236e91611d6840dd8c258e03c
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