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In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?
Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what nerves read more
Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what nerves let you do.
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a read more
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good read more
The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy -- I mean that if you are happy you will be good.
Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.
Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.
The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in read more
The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - read more
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.
