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 For parlour use, the vague generality is a lifesaver.  Give me good health and I'll take care of the rest. We had a very successful trip to Russia we got back. - Bob Hope The world knows nothing of its greatest men. Knowledge is of two kinds; we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. One day in retrospect the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful. The healthy being craves an occasional wildness, a jolt from normality, a sharpening of the edge of appetite, his own little festival of the Saturnalia, a brief excursion from his way of life. Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can-and surely will at times-fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk. A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like unto him wherever he goes. What you are comes to you. Any fool can criticize, and many of them do. Thou driftest gently down the tides of sleep. Some folks think they are thinking when they are only rearranging their prejudices. If you want to be witty, work on your character and say what you think on every occasion. - Stendhal By the work one knows the workman. Flowers grow out of dark moments. The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success comes only later. Sympathy is the charm of human life. It isn't easy to be the person who sometimes has to try to preserve your happiness at the expense of your fun. Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love. Thales was asked what was most difficult to man; he answered: "To know one's self." - Diogenes 
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