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 Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a fast-flitting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passes from life to his rest in the grave.  It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely. The mob has many heads but no brains. A reasonable man needs only to practice moderation to find happiness. No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees. Those expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in the family. Who would not rather flounder in the fight than not have known the glory of the fray? My husband yells comments like "How long till you're ready? Throw out a date." It is never safe to look into the future with eyes of fear. Reason deserves to be called a prophet; for in showing up the consequence and effect of our actions in the present, does it not tell us what the future will be? The poor will always be with you. - Bible Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. To do things today exactly the way you did them yesterday saves thinking. Today the real test of power is not capacity to make war but capacity to prevent it. Envisioning the end is enough to put the means in motion. Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal. In bed we laugh, in bed we cry; And born in bed, in bed we die; The near approach a bed may show Of human bliss to human woe. A friend is a present you give to yourself. When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something. Prayer is the pillow of religion. 
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