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Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he

Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to it. – Samuel Butler

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A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand. – Samuel Butler

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Culture
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One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once. – Samuel Butler

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Loss
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We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day. – William Shakespeare

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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends — it gives a lovely light! – Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Excess

The biggest waste of water in the country is when you spend half a pint and flush two gallons. – Prince Philip Edinburgh

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Excess

I hold this as a rule of life: Too much of anything is bad. – Terence

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The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present. – Barbara de Angelis

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Faith is not about everything turning out okay, faith is about being okay no matter how things turn out. – Author Unknown

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