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 I would love to speak a foreign language, but I can't. So I grew hair under my arms instead.  Free man is by necessity insecure; thinking man is by necessity uncertain. Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs. The century on which we are entering can be and must be the century of the common man. Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. (Adversity is) the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free from admirers then. Remember that the Devil doesn't sleep, but seeks our ruin in a thousand different ways An extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife. Anytime you play golf for whatever you've got, that's pressure. I'd like to see H.L. Hunt go out there and play for $3 billion. Wen you see a man in woe, Walk right up and say "hullo." Say "hullo" and "how d'ye do," "How's the world a-usin' you?" Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age. And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own. We're having a little disagreement. What I want is a big church wedding with bridesmaids and flowers and a no-expense-spared reception, and what he wants is to break off our engagement. The most amazing thing about little children ... was their fantastic adaptability. 'Rich by nature, poor by policy' might be written over Canada's door. It matters not how long we live, but how. There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness, and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control. Beauty is an ecstacy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling that desire. Do you know what is more hard to bear than the reverses of fortune? It is the baseness, the hideous ingratitude, of man. - Napoleon 
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