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The greatest assassin of life is haste, the desire to reach things before the right time which means overreaching them.

Juan Ramon Jimenez

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Juan Ramon Jimenez
Age: 76 †
Born: 1881
Born: December 24
Died: 1958
Died: May 29
Poet
Writer
Bogota
Colombia
Juan Ramon Jimenez
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón
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Life
Reach
Greatest
Desire
Means
Right
Overreaching
Mean
Assassin
Things
Assassins
Time
Haste

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