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They don’t listen to me, they don’t hear me, they don’t see me.

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Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.
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Flash Joy Life Past Sorrow
There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.
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Attachment Feeling Man Word
As you pass from the tender years of youth into harsh and embittered manhood, make sure you take with you on your journey all the human emotions! Don’t leave them on the road, for you will not pick them up afterwards!
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Emotional Harsh Human Journey Yourself Youth
Keep not money, but keep good people’s company.
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Company Money People
What is stronger in us – passion or habit? Or are all the violent impulses, all the whirl of our desires and turbulent passions, only the consequence of our ardent age, and is it only through youth that they seem deep and shattering?
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Deep Emotion Feeling Habit Ourselves Passion Strong Violence
Do we ever get what we really want? Do we ever achieve what our powers have ostensibly equipped us for? No: everything works by contraries.
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Achievement Contrary Power Work
We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
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Gift Insignificant Magic Miracle Perspective Power
A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
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Lost Word Writing
The more debris there is the more it will show the governor’s activity.
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Activity Government
Countless are, as the sand in the sea, the deep desires of men, and none resembles the other, and all of them, whether shameful, or great, in the beginning are obedient, but later become terrible masters over him.
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Desire Emotion Feeling Greatness Himself Man Obedient Shame Terrible
Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes?
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Home Yourself
The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
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Blessing Soil
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
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Awe Blame Face
We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.
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God Man Respect Thankful Worth
The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
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Authority Destruction Town
But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.
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Exploration Himself Oneself Reason Search Wisdom

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