We need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven. …

C. S. Lewis
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We need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven. The only fatal thing is to sit down content with anything less than perfection. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.139, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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We need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven. The only fatal thing is to sit down content with anything less than perfection. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.139, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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