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He thought and suffered a good deal but he lacked the resolution to dare--the first requisite of a practitioner.
Lawrence Durrell
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Lawrence Durrell
Age: 78 †
Born: 1912
Born: January 1
Died: 1990
Died: November 8
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History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.
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Everything really desirable has come about because of, or in spite of, wine!
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