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Friendship marks a life even more deeply rhan love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing. It's weak and despicable to go on wanting things and not trying to get them. No man ever saw a government. I live in the midst of the Government of the United States, but I never saw the Government of the United States. They say tall people live a lot longer than short people. No they don't. They're just so irritating it seems they are around a lot longer. Among the attributes of God, although they are all equal, mercy shines with even more brilliancy than justice. You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast, which is what I tried to do. There is no greater glory than love, nor any greater punishment than jealousy. Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory. A very great part of the mischiefs that vex this world arises from words. Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity. A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner. Is there no end to this escalation of desire? Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes. Seize time by the forelock. Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown. It is possible to be different and still be all right. If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own. We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full. We are here today and gone tomorrow. I would love to speak a foreign language, but I can't. So I grew hair under my arms instead.
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