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Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are

Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache. – Philip Wylie

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One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen. – Philip Wylie

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Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to those who have filled their lives with great deeds: they might be compared to some beauty carelessly dressed and thereby all the more attractive. – Jean De La Bruyere

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The trouble with simple living is that, though it can be joyful, rich, and creative, it isn’t simple. – Doris Janzen Longacre

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Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down. – Chinese Proverb

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Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. – Lao Tzu

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