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We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one. - John

We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one. – John Updike

Other quotes by John Updike

The inner spaces that a good story lets us enter are the old apartments of religion. – John Updike

Category:
Religion
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John Updike
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It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks lateness, accepts absurd excuses, permits the flimsiest patching to repair great rents in the quotidian. – John Updike

Category:
Honesty
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John Updike
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What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the spirit. – John Updike

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Art
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Other Quotes from
Adversity
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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. – Bertrand Russell

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Adversity

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. – Sophocles

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Adversity

The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work. – Harry Golden

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Adversity

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart. – Socrates

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Adversity

Random Quotes

How can we know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through action. Begin at once to do your duty and immediately you will know what is inside you. – Johann von Goethe

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Duty

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated? – Henry David Thoreau

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work

That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees. – Marcus Aurelius

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good

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy. – John Denver, "Sunshine on My Shoulders"

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Light