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> [“Yet that grief and this joy were alike outside all the ordinary conditions of life; they were loop-holes, as it were, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/yet-that-grief-and-this-joy-were-alike-outside-all-the-ordinary/)

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> [“All he knew and felt was that what was happening was what had happened nearly a year before in the hotel of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/all-he-knew-and-felt-was-that-what-was-happening-was-what-had/)

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> [But that had been grief--this was joy. Yet that grief and this joy were alike outside all the ordinary conditions of life;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/but-that-had-been-grief-this-was-joy-yet-that-grief-and-this-joy-were/)

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