It is sweet to play the fool on occasion.
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They change their sky, not their soul, who rush across the sea.
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Horace, 65–8 BC 
Every failure teaches a man something. For example, that he will probably fail again next time.
H. L. Mencken, 1880–1956 
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Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914 
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
George Bernard Shaw, 1856–1950