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Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed. He alone fails who gives up and lies down. I see myself as Rhoda, not Mary Tyler Moore. When asked to borrow money: "I'll see what my lawyer says. . . . And if he says yes, I'll get another lawyer." Shyness is just egotism out of its depth. When the fox preaches, look to your geese. The greatest mistake you can make is to be continually fearing you will make one. Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out. A question which can be answered without prejudice to the government is not a fit question to ask. To know what has to be done, then do it, comprises the whole philosophy of practical life. It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another, but above all, try something. The so-called new morality has too often the old immorality condoned. The trouble with this whole country is that it's divided up into little puddles with big fish in each one of them. If Jesus was Jewish, how come he has a Mexican name? The present, like a note in music, is nothing but as it appertains to what is past and what is to come. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones. Who knows if the gods above will add tomorrow's span to this day's sum? A pessimist is one who has been compelled to live with an optimist. A man's vanity tells him what is honour; a man's conscience what is justice. Sum up at night what thou has done by day.
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