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Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do than what one can do.
Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do than what one can do.
Approximate author period: c. 1935 AD · modern
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- Lin Yutang
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- Approximate author period: c. 1935 AD · modern
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