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Look for the ridiculous in everything and you find it. Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence. No matter how old a mother is, she still watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement. The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go. Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it. The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it. Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants, lives so as to give a meaning and a value to his own life. Where our bread is concerned, it is a material matter. Where our neighbor's bread is concerned, it is a spiritual matter. A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before. It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us. No one can disgrace us but ourselves. He that dies pays all debts. If you want to know how old a woman is . . . ask her sister-in-law. It's but little good you'll go a-water-ing the last year's crop. Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them - and then you destroy yourself. Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggles increase. I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more. Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent. Happy is the man who ventures boldly to defend what he holds dear. Teach me to live that I may dread The grave as little as my bed.
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