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Solon Quotes: If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence every one must take an equal portion most people would be content to take their own and depart.
         

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence every one must take an equal portion most people would be content to take their own and depart.


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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence every one must take an equal portion most people would be content to take their own and depart.
         



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