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When we are high up, everything looks very small. Our glories and our sadnesses cease to be important. We have left whatever we won or lost down below. From the top of a mountain you can see how large the world is and how wide the horizon.

Paulo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 24
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