He who buys what he does not want ends in wanting what he cannot buy. - Alec-Tweedie

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Jesus beckons his followers to a path that's far from the easy road. It's a path filled with adventure, uncertainty, and unlimited possibilities - the only path that can fulfill the deepest longings and desires of your heart.

Alec-Tweedie

He who buys what he does not want ends in wanting what he cannot buy.

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We all try to be alike in our youth, and individual in our middle age. . . although we sometimes mistake eccentricity for individuality.

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Marriage with love is entering heaven with one's eyes shut, but marriage without love is entering hell with them open.

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The most powerful book in the world at the beginning of the twentieth century is the check-book.

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Civilisation makes us all as alike as peas in a pod, and it is the very uncouth - uncivilised, if you will - element which individualises nations.

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Sunshine is more health-giving than pills and potions: and travel in foreign lands is a mental tonic, which feeds the mind even if it empties the pocket.

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It is important to say all the great thoughts again, without knowing that they have already been said.

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