Henry JamesLive all you can: it's a mistake not to. It doesn't matter what you do in particular, so long as you have had your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had?
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This quote has been misquoted, but it is still a very good one. The reason this quote is so good is because it doesn't matter what you do. What matters is that you do something every day. If you don't, your life will be worse than if you had done something every day.
Source: The Ambassadors
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