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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me
Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb
Up! up! my friend, and quit your books,
Or surely you 'll grow double!
Up! up! my friend, and clear your looks!
Why all this toil and trouble?
Or surely you 'll grow double!
Up! up! my friend, and clear your looks!
Why all this toil and trouble?
The Tables Turned
Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
Notes on the State of Virginia
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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."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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