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A society that gives to one class all the opportunities for leisure, and to another all the burdens of work, dooms both classes to spiritual sterility. – Lewis Mumford

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Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for training. – Lewis Mumford

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One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence. – Lewis Mumford

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Bear shame and glory with an equal peace and an ever tranquil heart. – Bhagavad Gita

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There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.” – Dave Barry, Dave Barry Turns Fifty, 1998

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Some defeats [are] more triumphant than victories. – Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 1588

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Please be patient. God has not finished with me yet. – Author Unknown

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