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 Do unto the other feller the way he'd like to do unto you an' do it fust.  The man who can own up to his error is greater than he who merely knows how to avoid making it. Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks. Apology is only egotism wrong side out. A man is a person who will pay two dollars for a one-dollar item he wants. A woman will pay one dollar for a two-dollar item she doesn't want. Sadness and gladness succeed each other. Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. - Martial Coercive power is the curse of the universe; coactive power, the enrichment and advancement of every human soul. The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong - but that's the way to bet. The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. Reason respects the differences, and imagination the similitudes of things. Nothing reaches the intellect before making its appearance in the senses. God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars! Any talent that we are born with eventually surfaces as a need. Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel, writing in a book of gold; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said - "What writest thou?" The Vision raised its head, And, with a look made all of sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord." Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit. I will not change just to court popularity. 0 thou, who didst with pitfall and with gin Beset the road I was to wander in, Thou wilt not with predestin'd evil round Enmesh, and then impute my fall to sin. A successful book cannot afford to be more than ten percent new. If I do have some success, I'd like to enjoy it, for heaven's sake! What is the point of having it otherwise? 
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