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 A man without decision can never be said to belong to himself; he is as a wave of the sea, or a feather in the air which every breeze blows about.  Where young boys plan for what they will achieve and attain, young girls plan for whom they will achieve and attain. Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. One completely overcomes only what one assimilates. The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end. It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it's the parts that I do understand. No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt. None think the great unhappy but the great. Helplessness becomes prayer the moment that you go to Jesus and speak candidly and confidently with him about your needs. This is to believe. A child is fed with milk and praise. You want to make God laugh? Tell him your future plans. In case of doubt, decide in favor of what is correct. Think much, speak little, and write less. Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long. Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. I've never thought my speeches were too long; I've rather enjoyed them. The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I was a grave digger, or even a hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment. The Ethiop gods have Ethiop lips, Bronze cheeks, and woolly hair; The Grecian gods are like the Greeks, As keen-eyed, cold and fair. And the Raven, never flitting, Still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas Just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming Of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamplight o'er him streaming Throws his shadow on the floor, And my soul from out that shadow, That lies floating on the floor, Shall be lifted - nevermore. 
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