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Knut Hamsun Quotes: No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation.
         

No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation.


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No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation.
         



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