Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die. Still you wait and will not try – A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.
A. A. MILNEWhen you do the things that you can do, you will find a way.
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The best way to write poetry, letting things come.
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A pekingeese is not a pet dog; he is an undersized lion.
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Think it over, think it under.
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Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.
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Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
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When carrying a jar of honey to give to a friend for his birthday, don’t stop and eat it along the way.
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Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.
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I was walking along looking for somebody, and then suddenly I wasn’t anymore.
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I do remember, and then when I try to remember, I forget.
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It’s always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don’t.
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Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.
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It gets you nowhere if the other person’s tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation.
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When having a smackerel of something with a friend, don’t eat so much that you get stuck in the doorway trying to get out.
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If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.
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Any day spent with you is my favorite day. So today is my new favorite day.
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