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 I remember when I got married. I remember where I got married. But for the life of me, I can't remember why I got married.  I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat. Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it. My health is good; it's my age that's bad. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius. Adventure is worthwhile in itself. If a man write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door. Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist - it reduces him to his fighting weight. Each time a new baby is born there is a possibility of reprieve. Each child is a new being, a potential prophet, a new spiritual prince, a new spark of light precipitated into the outer darkness. And help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray. I was not a classic mother. But my kids were never palmed off to boarding school. So, I didn't bake cookies. You can buy cookies, but you can't buy love. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan, but to have any meaning or viability at all, a life plan must include intimate relationships. No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time. I have been in sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands. Whenever I'm asked what college I attended, I'm tempted to reply, Thornton Wilder'. No power is strong enough to be lasting if it labors under the weight of fear. - Cicero The greatest happiness of the greatest number. He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions. We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory. - Cicero 
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