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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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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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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Happiness
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Dont wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get youve got to make yourself. – Alice Walker

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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along lifes pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. – Joseph Addison

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Happiness

But my happiness in this world – my level of peace – is never going to be dictated by acting. – Chris Evans

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Happiness

“Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best,” and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn’t know what it was called. – A.A. Milne

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Happiness

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To be able to look back upon ones past life with satisfaction is to live twice. – Lord (John Emerich Edward Dalberg) Acton

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Know thyself, still the best antidote to a sense of moral superiority. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Humility

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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great

If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else. – Thomas Carlyle

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Men