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If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.
If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.
Approximate author period: c. 1926 AD · modern
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- André Maurois
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- Approximate author period: c. 1926 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Andre Maurois, based on documented lifetime 1885 to 1967. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q224029 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q224029 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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