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 The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards; they will be dissipated, lost and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence.  All things are subject to change, and we change with them. (Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.) How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view. Because you cannot see him, God is everywhere. Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim the very roughness stimulates the climber to steadier steps 'til the legend, "over steep ways to the stars," fulfills self. Worrying is the most natural and spontaneous of all human functions. It is time to acknowledge this, perhaps even to learn to do it better. If virtue were its own reward, it would no longer be a human quality, but supernatural. The factor in human life provocative of a noble discontent is the gradual emergence of a sense of criticism, founded upon appreciation of beauty, and of intellectual distinction, and of duty. If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him. - Voltaire The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing. The main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unforeseen attack. The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success comes only later. The lion is ashamed, it's true, when he hunts with the fox. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination. No sooner is it a little calmer with me than it is almost too calm, as though I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy Better be quarrelling than lonesome. Behind every successful man is a woman - with nothing to wear. The precept, "Know yourself," was not solely intended to obviate the pride of mankind; but likewise that we might understand our own worth. - Cicero Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up. An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as if she weren't. 
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