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... when something is detestable, and yet inevitable, what one must do is not merely to endure it-a hard task whatever one may do-but find an excuse for loving it. Everything is a matter of points of view, and misfortune is often only the sign of a false interpretation of life.

Henry de Montherlant

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Henry de Montherlant
Age: 77 †
Born: 1895
Born: April 20
Died: 1972
Died: September 21
Essayist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Writer
7e arrondissement de Paris
Life
Often
Excuse
Misfortune
May
Tasks
Misfortunes
Find
Endure
Interpretation
Everything
Loving
Points
Matter
Merely
Task
Hard
View
Inevitable
Must
Views
Sign
Something
Whatever
False
Detestable

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