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“It is better to be pleased by one’s own distastefulness than to please another man’s tastes,” quote by Josiah Bancroft — Download Open image

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“Never let a rigid itinerary discourage you from an unexpected adventure.”

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“He believed true love was more like an education: it was deep and subtle and never complete. The”

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