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 The service we render others is really the rent we pay for our room on Earth.  Love of bustle is not industry. - Seneca We cannot remain consistent with the world save by growing inconsistent with our past selves. Man must be arched and buttressed from within, else the temple wavers to dust. There is one basic cause of all effects. The man is either mad or he is making verses. - Horace Behind every great man there is a surprised woman. For it isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it. How the past perishes is how the future becomes. The purpose of life on earth is that the soul should grow - So Growl By doing what is right. What have I done for you, England, my England? What is there I would not do, England, my own? Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without. For one mother, joy is the quiet pleasure found in gently rubbing shampoo into her young child's hair. For another woman it's taking a long walk alone, while for yet another it's reveling in a much-anticipated vacation. The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. The most important thing about getting somewhere is starting right where we are. She was one of those happily created beings who please without effort, make friends everywhere, and take life so gracefully and easily that less fortunate souls are tempted to believe that such are born under a lucky star. A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity. - Livy I am desperate and vulnerable. ... I am always terrified.... Beauty can sometimes be so very troublesome. Over-excitement and boredom are states of mind which I equally shun. Society is commonly too cheap. We meet at very short intervals, not having had time to acquire any new value for each other. We meet at meals three times a day, and give each other a new taste of that old musty cheese that we are. 
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