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Give all to love; obey thy heart. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia. - Charles M. Schulz

All things must change to something new, to something strange. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The body says what words cannot. - Martha Graham

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed. - Josh Billings

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. - George Bernard Shaw

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. - H. L. Mencken

No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up. - Lily Tomlin

Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves. - Robert Anton Wilson

Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil. - Vachel Lindsay

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