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Quote by John Morley
No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.

No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character. – John Morley

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They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart. – John Morley

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