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Every one should keep a mental wastepaper basket and the older he

Every one should keep a mental wastepaper basket and the older he grows the more things he will consign to it — torn up to irrecoverable tatters. – Samuel Butler

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Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon. – Samuel Butler

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He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us. – Samuel Butler

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I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes. – Sara Teasdale, “The Philosopher”

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The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obedience to the heart. – William Butler Yeats

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What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it. РAntoine de Saint-Exup̩ry, Wind, Sand and Stars, 1939, translated from French by

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Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul is the work of the soul, and good for either is the work of the other. – Henry David Thoreau

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This is why cup finals are so special because on the day anyone can beat anyone. Thats what its all about and thats why for me the FA Cup and the Carling Cup are the best cups in the world. Thats the beauty of the cup. – Ian Rush

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