Quote by André Maurois
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If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain. – André Maurois

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A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body. – André Maurois

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May those who are impoverished by their thoughts be blessed with the realization of the richness of their spirit. – Dodinsky, www.dodinsky.com

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When I dance, I dance; when I sleep, I sleep. Nay, and when I walk alone in a beautiful Orchard, if my Thoughts are some part of the Time taken up with strange Occurrences, I some part of the Time call them back again to my Walk, or to the Orchard, to the Sweetness of the Solitude, and to my self. – Michel de Montaigne, “Of Experience,” translated from French by Charles Cotton

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I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing. – Katherine Anne Porter

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There are at least two kinds of cowards. One kind always lives with himself, afraid to face the world. The other kind lives with the world, afraid to face himself. – Roscoe Snowden

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