The longer I know the joys of this world, the less I value them.

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  The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

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  How quickly we come from nothing and go into nothing.

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  Live among men as if God beheld you; speak with God as if men were listening.

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  There are more things to admire in men than to despise.

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  The longest way round is the shortest way home.

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  I hold it to be true that Fortune is the arbiter of one-half of our actions, but that she still leaves us to direct the other half, or perhaps a little less.

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