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Associate with the noblest people you can find read the best books live with the mighty but learn to be happy alone.

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
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Fun comes hard - like, alas, its prarens, pleasure and happiness, whom we have to pursue.
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A writer is in the broadest sense a spokesman of his community. Through him that community comes to know its heart. Without such knowledge, how long can it survive?
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I’ve had all the monstrosity I want.
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