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Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for

Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. – Robert Service

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The cold is a good counselor, but it is cold. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. – Sophocles

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