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Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

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Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Old Time, in whose banks we deposit our notes

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Old Time, in whose banks we deposit our notes
Is a miser who always wants guineas for groats;
He keeps all his customers still in arrears
By lending them minutes and charging them years.

I hold that the parentheses are by far the most i

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I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter.

But fame is theirs - and future days On pilla

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But fame is theirs - and future days
On pillar'd brass shall tell their praise;
Shall tell - when cold neglect is dead -
These for their country fought and bled.

It seems no more than right that men should seize

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It seems no more than right that men should seize time by the forelock, for the rude old fellow, sooner or later, pulls all their hair out.

Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab

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Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious.

It has been said that art is a tryst, for in the

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It has been said that art is a tryst, for in the joy of it maker and beholder meet.

But fame is theirs - and future days On pilla

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But fame is theirs - and future days
On pillar'd brass shall tell their praise;
Shall tell - when cold neglect is dead -
These for their country fought and bled.

Skiing: the art of catching cold and going

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Skiing: the art of catching cold and going broke while rapidly heading nowhere at great personal risk.

It is better to be bold than too circumspect, beca

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It is better to be bold than too circumspect, because fortune is of a sex which likes not a tardy wooer and repulses all who are not ardent.

About the only thing that comes to us without eff

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About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age.

He was a bold man that first eat an oyster.

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He was a bold man that first eat an oyster.

Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung.

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Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you understand it, it's like gold; after you understand it, it's like dung.

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only w

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Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

A wonderful bird is the pelican His bill will

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A wonderful bird is the pelican
His bill will hold more than his belican.
He can take in his beak
Food enough for a week,
But I'm damned if I see how the helican.

Pick my left pocket of its silver dime, but spare

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Pick my left pocket of its silver dime, but spare the right - it holds my golden time!

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