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 We begin to die as soon as we are born, and the end is linked to the beginning.  Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Everyone's future is, in reality, uncertain and full of unknown treasures from which all may draw unguessed prizes. We cannot conquer fate and necessity, yet we can yield to them in such a manner as to be greater than if we could. Silence is the unbearable repartee. Stripped of all their masquerades, the fears of men are quite identical: the fear of loneliness, rejection, inferiority, unmanageable anger, illness and death. Nothing will content him who is not content with a little. The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does. Friends are a second existence. If, after all, men cannot always make history have a meaning, they can always act so that their own lives have one. Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use. I have found by experience that they who have spent all their lives in cities, improve their talents but impair their virtues; and strengthen their minds but weaken their morals. The age of strong belief is over, the good is no longer always very good. Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong and that 99% of them are wrong. Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can-and surely will at times-fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk. A husband is what is left of a lover, after the nerve has been extracted. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. One must choose in life between boredom and suffering. A language is a dialect with its own army and navy. I have often been adrift, but I have always stayed afloat. 
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