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If there was one thing all the losses in her life had taught her it was that life was short, read more
If there was one thing all the losses in her life had taught her it was that life was short, fleeting, and way too precious to waste waiting around for happiness to hit you over the head and make itself known. Happiness wasn't something you found, happiness was something you made - by living in the moment, by cherishing the people in your life right now, by finding the courage to change those things you didn't like
Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is
humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
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Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is
humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
[Lat., Ex humili magna ad fastigia rerum
Extollit, quoties voluit fortuna jocari.]
It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like morning light it scattered the read more
It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.
The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. -George Bernard Shaw.
The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. -George Bernard Shaw.
It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.
It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.
Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.
Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go
The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.
Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.
