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Wisdom is knowing that if you bend, you don't have to break. Sometimes it is necessary to go with the flow of life.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
Author
Entrepreneur
San Diego
California
Necessary
Wisdom
Break
Knowing
Sometimes
Life
Bend
Taoism
Flow

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