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There is simply too much to think about.

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
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Thinking
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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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It's no disgrace to be a private, you know. Socrates was a plain foot soldier, a hoplite.
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