"men don't make different mistakes at different periods of their lives. They make the same mistake over and over again and they pay a bigger and bigger price for it."

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Source: Vicki Baum (1956). “Written on water: a novel”

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Vicki Baum was an influential Austrian-American novelist known for her exploration of love and ambition in works like 'Grand Hotel.'

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