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Retirement is an illusion. Not a reward but a mantrap. The bankrupt underside of success. A shortcut to death. Golf courses are too much like cemeteries.

Saul Bellow

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
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Essayist
Novelist
University Teacher
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Solomon Bellows
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Unfortunately for the betterment of mankind it is not always the fair-minded who are in the right.
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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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If I had a child of school age, I would send him to one of the Waldorf Schools.
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