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"The habit of dwelling on the past, has a narrowing as well as a debilitating influence. Behind us, there is a small, — an almost insignificant measure of time; before us, there is an eternity. It is the natural tendency of the mind to magnify the one, and to diminish the other."
Miscellanies (1836)
~Harriet Martineau (12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876)
#books #literature
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