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 Choice of attention-to pay attention to this and ignore that-is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences.  It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us. - Plautus The life of the creative man is led, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes. Courage is not afraid to weep, and she is not afraid to pray, even when she is not sure who she is praying to. God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you"? Men make laws; women make manners. - De Segur Putting aside all the fancy words and academic doubletalk, the basic reason for having a military is to do two jobs-to kill people and to destroy the works of man. The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. Humility is like underwear, essential but indecent if it shows. Loving is half of believing. Music, the greatest good that mortals know, and all of heaven we have below. His tribe were God Almighty's gentlemen. Reasons are whores. True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable. Nothing could bother me more than the way a thing goes dead once it has been said. A reformer is a guy who rides through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat. The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow. I shut my eyes in order to see. A rich widow weeps with one eye and signals with the other. Pray not for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs. 
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