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Do not dwell upon the sins and mistakes of yesterday so exclusively as to have no energy and mind left for living rightly today, and do not think that the sins of yesterday can prevent you from living purely today.

James Allen

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James Allen
Age: 47 †
Born: 1864
Born: November 28
Died: 1912
Died: January 24
Author
Writer
Leicester
England
Think
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Exclusively
Thinking
Mistake
Rightly
Upon
Dwell
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Purely
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Prevent
Left
Sins
Today
Yesterday
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Mistakes

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