Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparat…

Lewis Mumford
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Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for the training... ✨ The Conduct Of Life. Book by Lewis Mumford, 1951.
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