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 To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight to the blood.  A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell. In true courage there is always an element of choice, of an ethical choice, and of anguish, and also of action and deed. There is always a flame of spirit in it, a vision of some necessity higher than oneself. Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim. We attain unity only through variety. Differences must be integrated, not annihilated, not absorbed. Truth, that fair goddess who comes always with healing in her wings. A man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry. - Bible The men who act stand nearer to the mass of man than the men who write; and it is in their hands that new thought gets its translation into the crude language of deeds. Every man has his own destiny; the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him. Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same. The words "I am ..." are potent words; be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you're claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you. To be honest, one must be inconsistent. We can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough. ... What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties. He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses. - Horace The only things that distinguish us from the rest of the animals, Madam is our habit of drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at any time. There is nothing meritorious but virtue and friendship. He couldn't get into Harvard even if he had the dean's wife at gunpoint. Arrange whatever pieces come your way. The habit of being uniformly considerate toward others will bring increased happiness to you. I've always been well liked. I was so popular in school, everybody hated me. All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his. 
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