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Why should you think that beauty, which is the most precious thing in the world, lies like a stone on the beach for the careless passer-by to pick up idly?

W. Somerset Maugham

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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
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I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.
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The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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