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A man is ever apt to contemplate himself out of all proportion to

A man is ever apt to contemplate himself out of all proportion to his surroundings. – Christina G. Rossetti

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If we cannot be happy and powerful and prey on others, we invent conscience and prey on ourselves. – Elbert Hubbard

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No matter how hard you pursue pleasure and success, there are times when you fail. No matter how fast you flee, there are times when pain catches up with you. – Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

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Every day ask yourself, “What would I do today if I were a better person?” – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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When I dance, I dance; when I sleep, I sleep. Nay, and when I walk alone in a beautiful Orchard, if my Thoughts are some part of the Time taken up with strange Occurrences, I some part of the Time call them back again to my Walk, or to the Orchard, to the Sweetness of the Solitude, and to my self. – Michel de Montaigne, “Of Experience,” translated from French by Charles Cotton

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