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 Life is a maze in which we take the wrong turning before we learn to walk.  One's lifework, I have learned, grows with the working and the living. Do it as if your life depended on it, and first thing you know, you'll have made a life out of it. A good life, too. People remain what they are, even when their faces fall to pieces. Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half of the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost. Other people's eggs have two yolks. Middle age is when your old classmates are so gray and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you. For me, writing is the only thing that passes the three tests of metier: (1) when I'm doing it, I don't feel that I should be doing something else instead; (2.) it produces a sense of accomplishment and, once in a while, pride; and (3) it's frightening. God helps them that helps themselves. Hell is more bearable than nothingness. There is a proper balance between not asking enough of oneself and asking or expecting too much. Never trust the teller. Trust the tale. The good old days were never that good, believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs are still unsung. To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul. The schools ain't what they used to be and never was. Sudden friendship, sure repentance. He is well paid that is well satisfied. I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself. Winston Churchill is always expecting rabbits to come out of an empty hat. What you become is what counts. 
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