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Ralph Waldo Emerson. Photo: Wikipedia



As we grow old...the beauty steals inward.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson


It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.
- Sir Winston Churchill


The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe


To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
- Benjamin Franklin


None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.
- Ferdinand Foch


A goal without a plan is just a wish.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery


We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
- Joseph Campbell


Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
- Thomas A. Edison


Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
- Abraham Lincoln


My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.
- Edith Sitwell
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