As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fight…

Vincent Van Gogh
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As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed. ✨ Letter to Theo, from Amsterdam, on May 30, 1877. Dear Theo: the Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh by Irving Stone and Jean Stone, p. 26, 1995.
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As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed. ✨ Letter to Theo, from Amsterdam, on May 30, 1877. Dear Theo: the Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh by Irving Stone and Jean Stone, p. 26, 1995.

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