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If it were not for hopes, the heart would break. Sadness flies away on the wings of time. When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half. God tells us to burden him with whatever burdens us. To accomplish our destiny ... we must cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us. The point of therapy is get unhooked, not to thrash around on how you got hooked. None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing. A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier, and hoarser than his wife. Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations - entangling alliances with none. New things cannot come where there is no room. The way to do is to be. Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe. No path is wholly rough. Cruelty is the only sin. Travel teaches toleration. No woman ever shot her husband while he was doing the dishes. What the collective age wants, allows and approves, is the perpetual holiday from the self. Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character. The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. Hood an ass with reverend purple. So you can hide his two ambitious ears, and he shall pass for a cathedral doctor. Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
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