“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
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Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
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Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.
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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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