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We do not learn so much by our successes as we learn by failures - our own and others! Especially if we see the failures properly corrected.

Frank Lloyd Wright

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Frank Lloyd Wright
Age: 92 †
Born: 1867
Born: June 8
Died: 1959
Died: September 9
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