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Let me enjoy the earth no less because the all-enacting light that fashioned forth its loveliness had other aims than my delight.
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And so, standing before the aforesaid officiator, the two swore that at every other time of their lives till death took them, they would assur...
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Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only view of life in which you can never be disappointed. Having reckoned what to do in the worst possible circumstances, when better arise, as they may, life becomes child's play.
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"Come hither, Son," I heard Death say; "I did not will a grave Should end thy pilgrimage today, But I, too, am a slave!"
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"I can make you happy," said he to the back of her head, across the bush. "You shall have a piano in a year or two—farmers' wives are gettin...
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