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We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over and actually read a volume of four or five hundred pages.
...too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.
Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.
The house praises the carpenter.
Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function; living is the functionary.
There never was child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep.
I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.
The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops,-no, but the kind of man the country turns out.
What is civilization? I answer, the power of good women.
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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
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Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.
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A woman we love rarely satisfies all our needs, and we deceive her with a woman whom we do not love.
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Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.
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Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
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