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You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Saul Bellow

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
Author
Essayist
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
Solomon Bellows
First
Mistakes
Life
Entire
Spend
Second
Mistake
Half
Inspirational
Firsts
Recovering

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