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Oh the brave Fisher's life,
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... IZAAK WALTON When true happiness shows up, the ego is bored with it: It's too plain, too ordinary, and it doesn't...
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Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs. JOSH BILLINGS
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