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Change doth unknit the tranquil strength of men.

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Benjamin Franklin

The busy man has few idle visitors; to the boiling pot the flies come not.

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Lost time is never found again.

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My refusing to eat meat occasioned inconveniency, and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. But my light repast allows for greater progress, for greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension.

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To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

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Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.

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After all, wedlock is the natural state of man. A bachelor is not a complete human being. He is like the odd half of a pair of scissors, which has not yet found its fellow, and therefore is not even half so useful as they might be together.

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