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We must have ideals and try to live up to them, even if we never quite succeed. Life would be a sorry business without t

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"We must have ideals and try to live up to them, even if we never quite succeed. Life would be a sorry business without them. With them it's grand and great"

- Lucy Maud Montgomery

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This quote is written / told by Lucy Maud Montgomery between November 30, 1874 and April 24, 1942. He/she was a famous Educator from Canada. The author also have 9 other quotes.

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