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You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
W. Somerset Maugham
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W. Somerset Maugham
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: January 1
Died: 1965
Died: January 1
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I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing.
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