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I stepped from plank to plank/ So slow and cautiously;/ The stars about my head I felt,/ About my feet the sea./ / I knew not but the next/ Would be my final inch,�/ This gave me that precarious gait...
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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