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The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.
-Ernest Hemingway
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The Best People Possess A Feeling For

Ernest Hemingway
The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.
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