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We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that w

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for. – Johann von Goethe

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Oh, the secret life of man and woman –dreaming how much better we would be than we are if we were somebody else or even ourselves, and feeling that our estate has been unexploited to its fullest. – Zelda Fitzgerald

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