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 If you observe a really happy man, you will find ... that he is happy in the course of living life twenty-four crowded hours of each day.  You might try doing what my folks did. Twice a week they would go out for a special meal. . . with wine, good food, and soft lighting. Dad took Tuesday and Mom took Thursday. He who never sacrificed a present to a future good, or a personal to a general one, can speak of happiness only as the blind speak of color. We would have to settle for the elegant goal of becoming ourselves. The proverb warns that "You should not bite that hand that feeds you." But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself. No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not annoy his host after three days. - Plautus The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs. Montesquieu had the style of a genius; Buffon, the genius of style. Harricum! Harricum! Give 'em hell, Harricum! Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know. There seemed to be endless obstacles-it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear. There are no perfect people - except, of course, my wife's first husband. Nothing is so common as unsuccessful men with talent. They lack only determination. The biggest thing in today's sorrow is the memory of yesterday's joy. The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate. No woman ever shot her husband while he was doing the dishes. In order to have great happiness, you have to have great pain and unhap-piness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy? Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity. We frequently hear of people dying from too much drinking. That this happens is a matter of record. But the blame almost always is placed on whisky. Why this should be I never could understand. You can die from drinking too much of anything - coffee, water, milk, soft drinks and all such stuff as that. And so long as the presence of death lurks with anyone who goes through the simple act of swallowing, I will make mine whisky. 
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