At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan. - Edward Young

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Why should I believe any of this?' It happens that fast. I say, because I think I like you. Marla says, 'Not love?' This is a cheesy enough moment, I say. Don't push it.

Edward Young

At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan.

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How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

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How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!. . . Midway from nothing to the Deity!

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Too low they build who build below the skies.

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Who lives to Nature, rarely can be poor ; who lives to fancy, never can be rich.

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Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew, She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven.

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Why should I believe any of this?' It happens that fast. I say, because I think I like you. Marla says, 'Not love?' This is a cheesy enough moment, I say. Don't push it.

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Sylvia Plath

I couldn’t see the point of getting up. I had nothing to look forward to.

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Louise Penny

Aid workers, when handing out food to starving people, quickly learn that the people fighting for it at the front are the people who need it least. It's the people sitting quietly at the back, too weak to fight, who need it the most. And so too with tragedy.

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Lance Armstrong

To all the cynics, I'm sorry for you,. . . I'm sorry you can't believe in miracles. This is a great sporting event and hard work wins it.

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William Saroyan

There's a pretty woman for ever lucky man in the world: every man in the world is a lucky man if he only knew it, so why waste time?

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