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Our greatest illusion is disillusion. We imagine that we are disillusioned with life, when the truth is that we have not even begun to live.

Paul Brunton

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Paul Brunton
Age: 72 †
Born: 1898
Born: October 21
Died: 1971
Died: July 27
Journalist
Philosopher
World Traveler
Writer
London
England
Live
Even
Disillusion
Life
Disillusioned
Begun
Illusion
Greatest
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Truth

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