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Axel Munthe Quotes

1857–1949 Sweden

Axel Martin Fredrik Munthe (31 October 1857 – 11 February 1949) was a Swedish-born physician and psychiatrist, best known as the author of The Story of San Michele, an autobiographical account of his life and work. He also published Memories and Vagaries, a collection of short memoirs and essays.

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A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music, as long as he can listen to his own thoughts and to the singing of a bird outside his window and to the far-away voice of the sea.

The Story of San Michele (1929)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Axel Munthe (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.