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 Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later. For another thing, they die earlier.  The four most miserable years of my life . . . Genius as such can neither be explained nor treated away; only, at times, its delay and inhibition and its perversion to destructive or self-destructive ends. Unless a man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him ridiculous. Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to produce a better article. I knew what my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them. Why should the devil have all the good tunes? We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road-the one less traveled by-offers our last, our only chance to reach a destination that assures the preservation of the earth. Communists have committed great crimes, but at least they have not stood aside, like an established society, and been indifferent. I would rather have blood on my hands than water, like Pilate. One who fears failure limits his activities. Breathes there a man with hide so tough Who says two sexes aren't enough? As for style of writing, if one has anything to say, it drops from him simply and directly, as a stone falls to the ground. Since luck's a nine days' wonder, wait their end. A fair exterior is a silent recommendation. Never cut what you can untie. March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. When you have a baby, you set off an explosion in your marriage, and when the dust settles, your marriage is different from what it was. Not better, necessarily; not worse, necessarily; but different. Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants, lives so as to give a meaning and a value to his own life. Let your boat of life be light, packed only with what you need-a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends worth the name, someone to love and to love you, a cat, a dog, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink, for thirst is a dangerous thing. 
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