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Old Marley was dead as a doornail... The wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile.


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A loving heart is the truest wisdom.



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The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.



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Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.



No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.



Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.



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A very little key will open a very heavy door.



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The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.



Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.





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