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I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.
I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.
A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, read more
A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the means by which that object can be best attained
To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you're overdoing it.
To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you're overdoing it.
When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months read more
When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on--series polygamy--until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.
No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something read more
No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
The road to wisdom? Well, it's plain and simple to express: Errand err again but less and less and less.
The road to wisdom? Well, it's plain and simple to express: Errand err again but less and less and less.
Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
When yer in a funk, people in love are a royal pain in the patookus.
When yer in a funk, people in love are a royal pain in the patookus.
