The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done.
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Shall man alone, for whom all else revives, No resurrection know Shall man alone, Imperial man be sown in barren ground, Less privileged than grain, on which he feeds.Edward Young
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Their feet through faithless leather met the dirt, And oftener chang'd their principles than shirt.
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I had looked for happiness in fast living, but it was not there. I tried to find it in money, but it was not there either. But when I placed myself in tune with what I believe to be the fundamental truths of life, when I began to develop my limited ability, to rid my mind of all kinds of tangled thoughts, and fill it with zeal and courage and love, when I gave myself a chance by treating myself decently and sensibly, I began to feel the stimulating, warm glow of happiness.
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Who does the best his circumstance allows, Does well, acts noblyangels could no more.
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