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Profitability is the sovereign criterion of the enterprise. Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. It takes all the fun out of a bracelet if you have to buy it yourself. And let us not be weary in well doing; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Courage is a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. The flesh endures the storms of the present alone, the mind those of the past and future as well. Change means the unknown. Art is I; science is we. No good man ever became suddenly rich. Friendships are fragile things, and require as much care in handling as any other fragile and precious thing. One should ... be able to see things as hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. Abiding fully means praying much. There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feat of reason and the flow of soul. Be happy. It's one way of being wise. Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed. Poverty makes you sad as well as wise. Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory. Lord, you know how busy I must be this day. If I forget you, do not you forget me. Immature love says "I love you because I need you." Mature love says "I need you because I love you." Talk is cheap.
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