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 We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a little joy, then a sorrow, now a sin, then a generous or brave action.  No power is strong enough to be lasting if it labors under the weight of fear. - Cicero He that's cheated twice by the same man is an accomplice with the cheater. I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven. The White House was designed by Hoban, a noted Irish-American architect, and I have no doubt that he believed by incorporating several features of the Dublin style he would make it more homelike for any President of Irish descent. It was a long wait, but I appreciate his efforts. In a friend you find a second self. Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first call promising. Seeds of discouragement will not grow in the thankful heart. We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch. Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age. - Bible The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much. Old houses mended You may marry the man of your dreams, ladies, but fourteen years later you're married to a couch that burps. There are two kinds of talents, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while. To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life. Imagination took the reins, and Reason, slow-paced, though surefooted, was unequal to a race with so eccentric and flighty a companion. When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is to die at once. When I talked, no one listened to me. But as soon as I acted I became persuasive, and I no longer find anyone incredulous. I wept because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet. 
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