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 There are people who have an appetite for grief; pleasure is not strong enough and they crave pain. They have mithridatic stomachs which must be fed on poisoned bread, natures so doomed that no prosperity can sooth their ragged and dishevelled desolation.  The successful man is he who, when he sees that no further certainty is attainable, promptly decides on the most probable side, as if he were completely sure it was right. In war events of importance are the result of trivial causes. Wise men argue causes, and fools decide them. When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience. The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own. To grow and know what one is growing towards-that is the source of all strength and confidence in life. Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger. - Lucan The World would be a safer place, If someone had a plan, Before exploring Outer Space, To find the Inner Man. Praise the sea, but keep on land. I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that He has a sense of humor. I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. Few persons realize how much of their happiness, such as it is, is dependent upon their work. There is only one meaning of life, the act of living itself. The elegance of honesty needs no adornment. If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink. - Romans 
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