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 Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.  Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great. Governments last as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed. Nothing is more to me than myself. I never was ruined but twice - once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I gained one. - Voltaire What you become is what counts. Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old-old ideas, beliefs, habits, even thoughts. We are out of contact with our own genius. Sometimes we know we are stuck; sometimes we don't. In both cases we have to do something. Even a small star shines in the darkness. Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead or loses his courage-and that's the same thing. Marriage: a job. Happiness or unhappiness has nothing to do with it. Friendship is Love without his wings! We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity, speak to Him frankly and plainly, and implore His assistance in our affairs. As Charles Lamb says, there is nothing so nice as doing good by stealth and being found out by accident, so I now say it is even nicer to make heroic decisions and to be prevented by 'circumstances beyond your control' from ever trying to execute them. In the bonds of Death He lay Who for our offense was slain; But the Lord is risen today, Christ hath brought us life again, Wherefore let us all rejoice, Singing loud, with cheerful voice, Hallelujah! Command by instinct is swifter, subtler, deeper, more accurate, more in touch with reality than command by conscious mind. The discovery takes one's breath away. There is only one thing for a man to do who is married to a woman who enjoys spending money, and that is to enjoy earning it. The intellect is always fooled by the heart. Beauty is the purgation of superfluities. If you can teach me a new word, I'll walk all the way to China to get it. Fear betrays unworthy souls. - Virgil 
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