I am sure that nothing has such a decisive influence upon a man's cour…

Leo Tolstoy
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I am sure that nothing has such a decisive influence upon a man's course as his personal appearance, and not so much his appearance as his belief in its attractiveness or unattractiveness. ✨ graf Leo Tolstoy (1949). Childhood, Boyhood and Youth
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