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 Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.  We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. I don't think that ... one gets a flash of happiness once, and never again; it is there within you, and it will come as certainly as death.... There was an old hen And she had a wooden leg, And every damned morning She laid another egg; She was the best damned chicken On the whole damned farm - And another little drink Wouldn't do us any harm. Faith is to believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open. He might never really do what he said, but at least he had it in mind. He had somewhere to go. To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost. The fickleness of the woman I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me. This struggle and scramble for office, for a way to live without work, will finally test the strength of our institutions. A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. Joy is the most infallible sign of the Presence of God. Vigilance in watching opportunity; tact and daring in seizing upon opportunity; force and persistence in crowding opportunity to its utmost possible achievement-these are the martial virtues which must command success. Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy. All outward success, when it has value, is but the inevitable result of an inward success of full living, full play and enjoyment of one's faculties. For everything you have missed, you have gained something else. If you want to know how old a woman is . . . ask her sister-in-law. Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm. The supply of government exceeds the demand. Sweet meat must have sour sauce. Know what you want to do-then do it. Make straight for your goal and go undefeated in spirit to the end. 
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