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 I don't think that... one gets a flash of happiness once, and never again; it is there within you, and it will come as certainly as death.  The ultimate umpire of all things in life is - fact. All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man. When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love, and the wise already have one in reserve. No one knows what he can do until he tries. I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go. Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work. A walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends. Bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it. A little neglect may breed great mischief. ... For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; for want of a horse, the battle was lost; for want of the battle, the war was lost. If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, try it for eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and so on. Eventually, one discovers that it is not boring, but very interesting. This struggle of people against their conditions, this is where you find the meaning in life. The more a human being feels himself a self, tries to intensify this self and reach a never-attainable perfection, the more drastically he steps out of the center of being. We all lose our looks eventually, better develop your character and interest in life. It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. In general those who nothing have to say Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it. Our safety is not in blindness, but in facing our danger. 
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