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 Fate loves the fearless.  And only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall blame; And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame; But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star, Shall draw the Thing as he sees It, for the God of things as They Are! Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. I admit that twice two makes four is an excellent thing, but if we are to give everything its due, twice two makes five is sometimes a very charming thing too. Poverty, chastity, and obedience are extremely difficult. But there are always the graces if you will pray for them. A hedge between keeps friendships green. When asked what he would do if he found a million dollars: "I would try to find the person that lost it, and if he was poor - I'd give it back." The only prison we need to escape from is the prison of our own minds. The success of your presentation will be judged not by the knowledge you send but by what the listener receives. Nostalgia is a seductive liar. Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. See how the Fates their gifts allot. For A is happy - B is not. Yet B is worthy, I dare say, Of more prosperity than A. Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed. Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. When asked to borrow money: "I'll see what my lawyer says. . . . And if he says yes, I'll get another lawyer." Every human being is trying to say something to others. Trying to cry out I am alive, notice me! Speak to me! Confirm that I am important, that I matter! It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes. It takes more gut and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. No task, rightly done is truly private. It is part of the world's work. The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end. 
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