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Quote by William James
It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty,

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again. – William James

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Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not. – William James

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