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Fire destroys that which feeds it. Chaucer, I confess, is a rough diamond; and must be polished e'er he shines. Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity. Never have a friend that's poorer than yourself. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something I can do. Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us; our hour of triumph is what brings the void. The wildest colts make the best horses. Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this, our life! Coming events cast their shadows before. We are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself. You cannot know what you cannot feel. Happiness is experienced when your life gives you what you are willing to accept. A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not be endured with patient resignation. On God for all events depend; You cannot want when God's your friend. Weigh well your part and do your best; Leave to your Maker all the rest. Wisdom never kicks at the iron walls it can't bring down. There are no crown-bearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers here below. Your distress about life might mean you have been living for the wrong reason, not that you have no reason for living. Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire. If, after all, men cannot always make history have a meaning, they can always act so that their own lives have one. The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.
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