It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, …

Vincent Van Gogh
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It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent. ✨ Vincent van Gogh, Mark Roskill (1997). The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh, p.110, Simon and Schuster
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