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Instead of feeling happiness and awe from staring at an anthill and watching the mysteries of life unfold, you decided to forget those small pleasures.

当你凝视着一座蚁丘，看着生命的奥秘展现时，你并没有感到快乐和敬畏，而是决定忘记那些小小的快乐。

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Cutting back on small pleasures works for a little while, but then we start to feel deprived.

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So why deny us obsessive-compulsive types the small pleasures in life?

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She was wary, trained to expect little of life, grateful for small pleasures, on her guard against promises, accustomed to making the best of things, in the habit of both wanting and not daring to want something more.

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