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During the great storms of our lives we imitate those captains who

During the great storms of our lives we imitate those captains who jettison their weightiest cargo. – Honore de Balzac

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What is conceived well is expressed clearly. – Philippe Nericault Destouches

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The simple joy of having just enough. – Dr.SunWolf, 2015 tweet, professorsunwolf.com

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I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty. – George Santayana, “The Irony of Liberalism”

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I have a simple life. I mean, you just give me a drum roll, they announce my name, and I come out and sing. In my job I have a contract that says Im a singer. So I sing. – Tony Bennett

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