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The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. 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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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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Be here now. Be someplace else later. Is that so complicated? – David Bader

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