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The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.

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Will Durant
Age: 96 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 5
Died: 1981
Died: November 7
Historian
Philosopher
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North Adams
Massachusetts
William James Will Durant
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