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 Broad acres are a patent of nobility; and no man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a bit of ground that he can call his own. However small it is on the surface, it is 4000 miles deep; and that is a very handsome property.  The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket. Time is the king of men. One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority. The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations. There has never been an age that did not applaud the past and lament the present. I lived in Miami for a while, in a section with a lot of really old people. The average age in my apartment house was dead. A friend in power is a friend lost. Strong people are made by opposition, like kites that go up against the wind. All progress is based upon a universal, innate desire on the part of every living organism to live beyond its income. The great tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, but unoffered prayer. The nearer we come to great men the more clearly we see that they are only men. They rarely seem great to their valets. Never get married in the morning, because you never know who you'll meet that night. Health is not a condition of matter, but of Mind. Genius does what it must, talent does what it can. I keep my books at the British Museum and at Mudies. The best defence against the atom bomb is not to be there when it goes off. Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and our highest endeavor ought to be to set off that spark in one another. If you rest, you rust. Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile, some have a sad expression, some are pensive and diffident, others again are plain, honest and upright. 
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