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 The immigrant who comes to Canada really sees the country much more as a whole. He doesn't know the nuances which are so important and so dearly beloved by the Torontonian or the Montrealer.  Marriage is a great institution, and no family should be without it. With compassion, we see benevolently our own human condition and the condition of our fellow beings. We drop prejudice. We withhold judgment. There is no such thing as a pretty good omelette. I don't sit around thinking that I'd like to have another husband; only another man would make me think that way. An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain - the equality of all men. Human successes, like human failures, are composed of one action at a time and achieved by one person at a time. How much shall I be changed, before I am changed! That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. Iron sharpeneth man; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. - Bible We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts. Let a man's talents or virtues be what they may, he will only feel satisfaction in his society as he is satisfied in himself. Error will slip through a crack, while truth will stick in a doorway. Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. Rage and bitterness do not foster femininity. They harden the heart and make the body sick. Never throw mud. You may miss your mark; but you must have dirty hands. If you could once make up your mind never to undertake more work ... than you can carry on calmly, quietly, without hurry or flurry ... and if the instant you feel yourself growing nervous and ... out of breath, you would stop and take a breath, you would find this simple common-sense rule doing for you what no prayers or tears could ever accomplish. You cannot weave truth on a loom of lies. Fare thee well! and if for ever, Still for ever, fare thee well. I struggled in the beginning. I said I was going to write the truth, so help me God. And I thought I was. I found I couldn't. Nobody can write the absolute truth. 
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