"Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own."
- Johann von Goethe (1749-1832) German Poet and Dramatist
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"Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own."
- Johann von Goethe (1749-1832) German Poet and Dramatist
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"To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals - that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him."- Honore De Balzac (1799-1850) French Novelist
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"Pa, he always said a man had to look spry for himself, because nobody else would do it for him; your opportunities didn't come knocking around, you had to hunt them up and hog-tie them."- Louis L'Amour, Author
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"Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth."- Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) English Novelist and Clergyman
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"One day in retrospect the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful."
- Sigmund Freud
Often true!
"To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind."- William Hazlitt (1778-1830) English Essayist
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“Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.” (Doug Larson; Cartoonist)
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"I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself... and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part."
- Shirley MacLaine
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!
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"Time and money spent in helping men do more for themselves is far better than mere giving."- Henry Ford (1863-1947) American Industrialist
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“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.” (Edmund Burke (1729-1797); Statesman, Author, Philosopher)
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