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Virginia Woolf Quotes

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness. - Virginia Woolf Quotes

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness.

Source:Montaigne, in Times Literary Supplement (January 31, 1924)
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Virginia Woolf - Author Quotes
  • Name: Virginia Woolf
  • Profession: Writer, Novelist, Essayist
  • Born: January 25, 1882 - March 28, 1941
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