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To be nobody-but-yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.

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E. E. Cummings

Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 - September 3, 1962), popularly known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in lowercase letters as e. e. cummings (in the style of his poems), was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright

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    να είσαι κανείς - αλλά ο εαυτός σου - σε έναν κόσμο που κάνει ό, τι καλύτερο, νύχτα και μέρα, για να σε κάνει όλους τους άλλους - σημαίνει να παλέψεις τη σκληρότερη μάχη την οποία κάθε άνθρωπος μπορεί να πολεμήσει και να μην σταματήσει ποτέ να αγωνίζεται.

    ser nadie más que tú mismo, en un mundo que está haciendo todo lo posible, día y noche, para convertirte en todos los demás, significa luchar en la batalla más dura que cualquier ser humano puede luchar y nunca dejar de luchar.

    être personne - mais-vous-même - dans un monde qui fait de son mieux, nuit et jour, pour faire de vous tous les autres - signifie mener la bataille la plus difficile que tout être humain puisse mener et ne jamais arrêter de se battre.

    昼も夜も最善を尽くしている世界で、誰もがあなた自身を作るために、誰よりも自分らしくあることは、人間が戦うことができ、決して戦うことのない最も難しい戦いと戦うことを意味します。

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