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Stendhal Quotes: Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us.
         

Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us.


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Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us.
         



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