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Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.
Fatigue is the best pillow.
In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.
A good conscience is a continual Christmas.
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
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When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.
Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
Whenever you're the child of a famous person, you get judged in odd ways because of that.
In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.
He was as great as a man can be without morality.
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
It's funny how you never think about the women you've had. It's always the ones who get away that you can't forget.
I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not even fun sexually. I need to feel something for the woman and entertain the vain hope that it may lead to a relationship.
What does it say about a president's policies when he has to use a cartoon character rather than real people to justify his record? What does it say about the fiction of old liberalism to insist that good jobs and good schools and good wages will result from policies that have failed us, time and again?
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