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Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with th

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be. – John Dryden

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Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil. – John Dryden

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We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic. – Cullen Hightower

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The conversation at dinner had been so heated that by the end of it Mrs. Miniver had developed mental, moral, and physical indigestion….. [F]rom that moment on she resigned herself to a headache, and got it. – Jan Struther, Mrs. Miniver, 1930s

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A stammering man is never a worthless one. Physiology can tell you why. It is an excess of sensibility to the presence of his fellow creature, that makes him stammer. – Thomas Carlyle, letter to Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843 November 17th

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People gather bundles of sticks to build bridges they never cross. – Author Unknown

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