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 One man who has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't.  There are more old drunkards than old physicians. We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. Contemporary literature can be classified under three headings: the neurotic, the erotic and the tommy-rotic. - W. Giese Martyrdom - the only way in which a man can become famous without ability. Imagination was given to us to compensate for what we are not; a sense of humor was provided to console us for what we are. The happiness of any given life is to be measured not by its joys and pleasures, but by the extent to which it has been free from suffering, from positive evil. The simple idea that everyone needs a reasonable amount of challenging work in his or her life, and also a personal life, complete with noncompetitive leisure, has never really taken hold. Werther had a love for Charlotte, Such as words could never utter; Would you know how first he met her? She was cutting bread and butter. An honest God is the noblest work of man. A true love of God must begin with a delight in his holiness. What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? The hearts bleed longest, and but heal to wear That which disfigures it. Time is an available instrument for reaching the eternal. If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth. Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition. One must be thrust out of a finished cycle in life, and that leap is the most difficult to make-to part with one's faith, one's love, when one would prefer to renew the faith and recreate the passion. The cleverest woman finds a need for foolish admirers. I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. 
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