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 It is not how many years we live, but rather what we do with them.  Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away. Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light. I do think that being the second [female Supreme Court Justice] is wonderful, because it is a sign that being a woman in a place of importance is no longer extraordinary. Possessions dwindle: I mourn their loss. But I mourn the loss of time much more, for anyone can save his purse, but none can win back lost time. One cannot both feast and become rich. When a man's busy, leisure strikes him as a wonderful pleasure; and at leisure once is he? Straightway he wants to be busy. Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods. Philosophy ... should not pretend to increase our present stock, but make us economists of what we are possessed of. Never exaggerate your faults; your friends will attend to that. I've had a wonderful evening . . . but this wasn't it. We rarely confide in those who are better than we are. Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others' pain, And perish in our own. A minority may be right, and a majority is always wrong. What mighty battles have I seen and heard waged between the trees and the west wind - an Iliad fought in the fields of air. It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible, and a man's to keep unmarried as long as he can. There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it in expecting evil before it arrives? Charity is the perfection and ornament of religion. Nobody in football should be called a genius. Football players are not like Norman Einstein. To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language. 
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