“Intelligent people are never settle, they always try to improve themselves, for this they will be the only ones ready to accept even uncomfortable truths.”

— Prevale

Original: Le persone intelligenti non si accontentano mai, cercano sempre di migliorarsi, per questo saranno le uniche pronte ad accettare anche verità scomode.
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