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Quote by Georges Duhamel
It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offer

It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely. – Georges Duhamel

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Do not trust your memory it is a net full of holes the most beautiful prizes slip through it. – Georges Duhamel

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Trust
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The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it? – Georges Duhamel

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strength
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I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world. – Georges Duhamel

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respect
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Happiness
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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. – Plutarch

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Joy is a flower that blooms when you do. – Author Unknown

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Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness. – Maurice Maeterlinck

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Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others. – Henry Fielding

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A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward. – George Jean Nathan

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Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps. – Lenin (Vladimir Ulyanov)

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