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 It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak, and another to hear.  After thirty, a body has a mind of its own. You will find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others?...Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy. Unlike grownups, children have little need to deceive themselves. - Goethe Soon after a heart-wrung decision, something inevitably occurs to cast doubt on your choice. Holding steady against that doubt usually proves your decision. A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses. Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of a revelation. A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. France is the only country where the money falls apart and you can't tear the toilet paper. Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. Those people work more wisely who seek to achieve good in their own small corner of the world ... than those who are forever thinking that life is in vain, unless one can ... do big things. True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self, but the point is not only to get out; you must stay out, and to stay out, you must have some absorbing errand. The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor. The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down. Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth. None think the great unhappy, but the great. Faith is the continuation of reason. Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness. - Lao-Tzu 
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