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If It Is True That Only Misfortune Can Awaken A Man's Soul, It Is A Bitter Truth, One That Is Hard To Hear And Accept, And It Is Only Natural That Many People Deny It And Say It Is Better For A Man To Live On In A Trance Than To Wake Up To Torture.

-Maxim Gorky

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If It Is True That Only Misfortune

If It Is True That Only Misfortune Can Awaken A Man's Soul, It Is A Bitter Truth, One That Is Hard To Hear And Accept, And It Is Only Natural That Many People Deny It And Say It Is Better For A Man To Live On In A Trance Than To Wake Up To Torture.

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