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 When a poet's mind is perfectly equipped for its work, it is constantly amalgamating disparate experiences.  'What would you call the highest happiness?' Wratislaw was asked. 'The sense of competence,' was the answer, given without hesitation. Nothing that is not a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency. A decorator can make lots of money - assuming she wins the lottery. Without tact you can learn nothing. A good education is that which prepares us for our future sphere of action and makes us contented with that situation in life in which God, in his infinite mercy, has seen fit to place us, to be perfectly resigned to our lot in life, whatever it may be. A true friend is the best possession. Be content to grow a little each day. If the improvement is the sort of thing which is very slow, do not measure it too often. Do a self-comparison every two weeks, or every six months, whatever is appropriate. There is nothing so bitter that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it. None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence. Dry August and warm, Doth harvest no harm. The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend. If you your lips would keep from slips, Five things observe with care; To whom you speak, of whom you speak, And how, and when, and where. No good man ever became suddenly rich. - Syrus He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere. Money is the poor people's credit card. He who would rule must hear and be deaf, see and be blind. Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small steps. For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost; being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of care about a horseshoe nail. 
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