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In heaven an angel is no one in particular.

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Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.

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Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo.

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A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.

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Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.

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This is the true joy in life the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown...more

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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

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Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.

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The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

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Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as pos...more

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The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.

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The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

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The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.

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Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything.

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I want to be thoroughly used up when I die for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.