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If you wish the pick of men and women, take a good bachelor and a good wife


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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.



You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.



We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.



A friend is a gift you give yourself.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.



Do not measure success by today's harvest. Measure success by the seeds you plant today.

Do not measure success by today's harvest. Measure success by the seeds you plant today.



Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.

Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.



An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.



I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.



Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.



It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.





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Reach out, share your truth, tell someone, "This is who I am. This is what I stand for. Hold me to it." Often, we'll do far more for another than we will do for ourselves.

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Control is never achieved when sought after directly

Control is never achieved when sought after directly



I figure, if the mind just 'has' to be busy, why not make up happy shit?

I figure, if the mind just 'has' to be busy, why not make up happy shit?



The simple things come back to us. They rest for a moment by our ribcages then suddenly reach in and twist our hearts a notch backward.

The simple things come back to us. They rest for a moment by our ribcages then suddenly reach in and twist our hearts a notch backward.



Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.



A man doesn't need a study to know if he's feeling amorous. There is no such thing as a placebo erection.

A man doesn't need a study to know if he's feeling amorous. There is no such thing as a placebo erection.



That's always the way with fanatics; they cross themselves at the tavern and throw stones at the temple.

That's always the way with fanatics; they cross themselves at the tavern and throw stones at the temple.



I started singing when I was a teenager. I always wanted to write songs; I just didn't understand how someone could sing without writing their own songs.

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Don't ask who said it? Ask what they said.

Don't ask who said it? Ask what they said.



You create yourself in the image you hold in your mind.

You create yourself in the image you hold in your mind.




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