Thomas BrowneI am the happiest man alive. I have that in me that can convert poverty to riches, adversity to prosperity, and I am more invulnerable than Archilles; Fortune hath not one place to hit me.
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The phrase “I am the happiest man alive” has long been attributed to the ancient Greek hero, Achilles. However, this phrase is not found in ancient Greek texts, and the first known modern source of this quote is a 1776 letter by Benjamin Franklin. It is said that he wrote it on his tombstone.
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