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Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others ... Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth."(Journal entry, 14 October 1922)
Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others ... Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth."(Journal entry, 14 October 1922)
Approximate author period: c. 1911 AD · modern
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- Katherine Mansfield
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- Approximate author period: c. 1911 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Katherine Mansfield: documented activity in 1911. Wikidata Q270632, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270632 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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