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Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes: Life is an end in itself and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.
         

Life is an end in itself and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.


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Life is an end in itself and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.
         



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