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If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open m

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. РAndr̩ Maurois

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

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Dig within. There lies the well-spring of good: ever dig, and it will ever flow. – Marcus Aurelius

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We are known to our friends by a look in our eyes that we never see in a mirror. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past. – H.F. Hedge

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