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Quote by Sydney Smith
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

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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Sydney Smith
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In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style. – Sydney Smith

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Brevity
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Other Quotes from
Live Now
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Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Live Now

Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us do. – Jean de la Bruyere

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Live Now

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There are two kinds of fools: those who cant change their opinions and those who wont. – Josh Billings

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If were going to change the laws, lets change them in ways which makes it easier to catch criminals, and yet at the same time protect the Second Amendment rights of our law-abiding citizens. – John Dingell

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A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion. – Minna Antrim

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