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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

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Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.

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As a matter of principle, I never attend the first annual anything.

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Cannibals prefer those who have no spines.

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Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

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Toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other.

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It is only rarely that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.

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Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.

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I love children - especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

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It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.

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