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The un-happiest of mortals is that man who insists upon reliving the past, over and over in imagination - continually criticizing himself for past mistakes - continually condemning himself for past sins.

Maxwell Maltz

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Maxwell Maltz
Age: 86 †
Born: 1889
Born: March 10
Died: 1975
Died: April 7
Author
Physician
Playwright
Psychologist
Surgeon
Writer
New York City
New York
Imagination
Happiest
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Continually
Past
Criticize
Men
Sins
Mortals
Reliving
Mistakes
Insists
Sin
Criticizing
Mistake
Condemning

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