A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.
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A thought may be very commendable as a thought, but I value it chiefly as a window through which I can obtain insight on the thinker.
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In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of pleasure. If we find it in one place today, it is vain to seek it there tomorrow. You can not lay a trap for it.
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A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.
Alexander Smith
Each time we love, We turn nearer and a broader mark To that keen archer, Sorrow, and he strikes.
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