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We know nothing of tomorrow; our business is to be good and happy

We know nothing of tomorrow; our business is to be good and happy today. – Sydney Smith

Other quotes by Sydney Smith

Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up. – Sydney Smith

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Letters
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Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exquisite nonsense, till death stares them in the face. – Sydney Smith

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Humankind
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Other Quotes from
Live Now
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Having spent the better part of my life trying either to relive the past or experience the future before it arrives, I have come to believe that in between these two extremes is peace. – Author Unknown

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Live Now

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon — instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today. – Dale Carnegie

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Live Now

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes. – Carl Sandburg, “Prairie,” Complete Poems, 1950

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Live Now

Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee. – Montaigne

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Live Now

Random Quotes

My mum told me to have patience. Its about realising that when things arent going the way you want them to, or you dont have inspiration, it will come. – Vanessa Paradis

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Patience

It is when we try to grapple with another mans intimate need that we perceive how incomprehensible, wavering, and misty are the beings that share with us the sight of the stars and the warmth of the sun. – Joseph Conrad

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People

Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer. – Mary Baker Eddy

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Experience

That which costs little is less valued. – Miguel de Cervantes

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Value