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A mind too proud to unbend over the small ridiculosa of life is as painful as a library with no trash in it.

Christopher Morley

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Christopher Morley
Age: 66 †
Born: 1890
Born: May 5
Died: 1957
Died: March 28
Journalist
Opinion Journalist
Poet
Writer
Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
Trash
Library
Painful
Proud
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Mind
Life

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