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The Best And Safest Thing Is To Keep A Balance In Your Life, Acknowledge The Great Powers Around Us And In Us. If You Can Do That, And Live That Way, You Are Really A Wise Man.

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The Best And Safest Thing Is To Keep A Balance In Your Life, Acknowledge The Great Powers Around Us And In Us. If You Can Do That, And Live That Way, You Are Really A Wise Man.

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