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Saul Bellow Quotes: I have begun in old age to understand...that we seldom if ever realize how generous we are to ourselves, and just how stingy with others.
         

I have begun in old age to understand...that we seldom if ever realize how generous we are to ourselves, and just how stingy with others.


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