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I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great


Robert Frost

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It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground.
The most wasted day of all is that in which we have not laughed.
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Communication is something so simple and difficult that we can never put it in simple words.
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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
In everyone's heart stirs a great homesickness.
That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.
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The man who has strong opinions and always says what he thinks is courageous - and friendless.
Friendship is love with understanding.
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Practicing the Golden Rule is not a sacrifice; it is an investment.
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If you would attain greatness, think no little thoughts.
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People are changed, not by coercion or intimidation, but by example.
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The guilty catch themselves.
Good habits are formed; bad habits we fall into.
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Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances.
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Hate pollutes the mind.
If we miraculously became the people we hate, how lovable we would find ourselves.
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Where ambition ends happiness begins.
The best answer to answer to anger is silence.
The size of a man is measured by the size of the thing that makes him angry.
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People who know the least always argue the most.
If you look for the positive things in life; you will find them.
What we are doing at the moment is more that just one thing added to the rest; it is a memoir.
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ROBERT FROST Fireflies in the Garden
By Robert Frost 1874–1963

Here come real stars to fill th...
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With lovely flowers strown,
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And miles to go before...
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Her hardest hue to hold.
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