Be the first to say what is self-evident, and you are immortal.
--M. Ebner-Eschenbach
--M. Ebner-Eschenbach
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for.
Marie Ebner von... - All truth passes through 3 stages. First, it is ridiculed.
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aardvarks are still first in my book... - First say to yourself what you would be,
then do what you have to do. --...
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Anatole... - We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road.
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George...
