Quote#Wisdom
How many lives we live in one
Quote byAlice Cary · 1820–1871
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Life's Mysteries; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 442..
English (original)
How many lives we live in one, And how much less than one, in all.
— Alice Cary
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