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    Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning. - Works and Days.

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Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really
according to order.

Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really
according to order.

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The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating
manual.

The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating
manual.

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I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a read more

I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.

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The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is
acceptance.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is
acceptance.

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Perhaps our eyes are merely a blank film which is taken from us after our deaths to be developed elsewhere read more

Perhaps our eyes are merely a blank film which is taken from us after our deaths to be developed elsewhere and screened as our life story in some infernal cinema or dispatched as microfilm into the sidereal void.

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In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the
goalposts are.

In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the
goalposts are.

by Arnold Glasow Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we read more

Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster.

by William Bridges Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.

If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.

by Wayne Dyer Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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The standardized American is largely a myth created not least by Americans themselves. - The Uses of Philosophy.

The standardized American is largely a myth created not least by Americans themselves. - The Uses of Philosophy.

by Irwin Edman Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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