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 There is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.  Work and love-these are the basics. Without them there is neurosis. The porcupine, whom one must handle gloved, may be respected, but is never loved. Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. Friends are the family we choose for ourselves. Words are feminine; deeds are masculine. It cost me never a stab nor squirm To tread by chance upon a worm. 'Aha, my little dear' I say, 'Your clan will pay me back one day.' The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age. The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress. Just for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat. To business that we love we rise betime, And go to it with delight. He who does not live in some degree for others, hardly lives for himself. This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it. A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.... A determinate purpose in life and a steady adhesion to it through all disadvantages are indispensable conditions of success. He who wishes to fulfill his mission in the world must be a man of one idea, one great overmastering purpose, overshadowing all his aims, and guiding and controlling his entire life. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. Friends are a second existence. If God made us in his image, we have certainly returned the compliment. - Voltaire It is vain to expect our prayers to be heard if we do not strive as well as pray. - Aesop Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him. 
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