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 One by one the flowers close, Lily and dewy rose Shutting their tender petals from the moon.  That fear of missing out on things makes you miss out on everything. As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities. We must reject that most dismal and fatuous notion that education is a preparation for life. There is not so good an understanding between any two, but the exposure by the one of a serious fault in the other will produce a misunderstanding in proportion to its heinousness. Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us. That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything. Opportunity knocks but once. Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, refrains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. Pray if thou canst with hope, but ever pray, though hope be weak or sick with long delay; pray in the darkness if there be no light; and if for any wish thou dare not pray, then pray to God to cast that wish away. Retirement must be wonderful. I mean, you can suck in your stomach for only so long. Forget your woes when you see your friend. - Priscian Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who have need of help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it. To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage. A conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if it does not lose. I respect kindness in human beings first of all, and kindness to animals. I don't respect the law; I have a total irreverance for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer. Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it. Everyone speaks of it, few know it. I didn't want to pray to God 'cause I didn't want him to know where I was. 
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