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 A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.  When people are least sure, they are often most dogmatic. Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't. I was taught when I was young that if people would only love one another, all would be well with the world. This seemed simple and very nice; but I found when I tried to put it in practice not only that other people were seldom lovable, but that I was not very lovable myself. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. Conception, my boy, fundamental brainwork, is what makes the difference in all art. May God ... let me strive for attainable things. - Pindar I shall stay the way I am Because I do not give a damn. None think the great unhappy, but the great. To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out. Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damndest. Good teaching is l/4th preparation and 3/4ths theatre. We never live, but we are always in the expectation of living. - Voltaire There is no perfection in humanity. The child is father of the man. Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again. Ask the gods nothing excessive. We shall never have more time. We have, and have always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until to-morrow. Keep going. ... Concentrate on something useful. In small settlements everyone knows your affairs. In the big city, everyone does not - only those you choose to tell will know about you. This is one of the attributes of cities that is precious to most city people. 
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