Let each of your acts be your
last battle on earth. Only under
those conditions will your acts have
their rightful power. Otherwise, they
will be for as long as you live the acts
of a timid man. I want to convince
you that you must learn to make
every act count,since you are going
to be here only for a short while,
in fact,too short for witnessing all
the marvels of it.

Don Juan

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