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Fair words butter no parsnips. War is fear cloaked in courage. No one from the beginning of time has had security. The sickening pang of hope deferr'd. And the thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds. We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them. A source of innocent merriment! Of innocent merriment. He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear. Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third. Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty. The harder you work, the luckier you get. God speaks to all individuals through what happens to them moment by moment. Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees. When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers. Some of your hurts you have cured, And the sharpest you still have survived, But what torments of grief you endured From the evil which never arrived. Let me live in my house by the side of the road, And be a friend to man. When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half. Eloquence is the poetry of prose. "What do you think of God," the teacher asked. After a pause, the young pupil replied, "He's not a think, he's a feel."
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