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We simply must get it through our heads that holding a low opinion of ourselves is not a virtue, but a vice.

Maxwell Maltz

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Maxwell Maltz
Age: 86 †
Born: 1889
Born: March 10
Died: 1975
Died: April 7
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Physician
Playwright
Psychologist
Surgeon
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New York City
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