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 Form'd by thy converse, happily steer
 From grave to gay, from lively to severe.  
 Form'd by thy converse, happily steer
 From grave to gay, from lively to severe. 
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
Nothing focuses the mind better than the constant sight of a competitor who wants to wipe you off the map.
Nothing focuses the mind better than the constant sight of a competitor who wants to wipe you off the map.
Deliberately to pursue happinesss is not the surest way of achieving it. Seek it for its own sake and I read more
Deliberately to pursue happinesss is not the surest way of achieving it. Seek it for its own sake and I doubt whether you will find it.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.
Conversation is an art in which man has all mankind for competitors.
Conversation is an art in which man has all mankind for competitors.
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.
Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather.
Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather.