"The tragedy of life is that sometimes we get what we want.

You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
~ W. Somerset Maugham ~












You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.

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"He was terribly conscious that he only had one life and it seemed to sad to think that he had wasted it. He could never surmount his immeasurable regr...
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"A little smoke lost in the air, that was the life of a man.
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"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
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"If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
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"I began to meditate upon the writer's life. It is full of tribulation. First he must endure poverty and the world's indifference; then, having achieve...
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