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The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don't mind some people dying all the time read more
The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don't mind some people dying all the time or maybe only starving some of the time which isn't half so bad if it isn't you.
Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. -Chinese proverb.
Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. -Chinese proverb.
 We come and we cry, and that is life; we yawn and we depart, and 
that is death!
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 We come and we cry, and that is life; we yawn and we depart, and 
that is death!
 [Fr., On entre, on crie,
  Et c'est la vie!
   On baille, on sort,
    Et c'est la mort!] 
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and read more
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.
O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I.
O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I.
I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than read more
I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.
Death and taxes and childbirth. There's never any convenient time for any of them.
Death and taxes and childbirth. There's never any convenient time for any of them.
All you are is a soul and a voice, everything else is just a tool to help you get through read more
All you are is a soul and a voice, everything else is just a tool to help you get through the day easier.
Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.
Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.