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There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand, they strain into the future, hunting impossibilities on the wings of ineffectual hopes.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. The dark background which death supplies brings out the tender colors of life in all their purity.

There is no easy path leading out of life, and few are the easy ones that lie within it.

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.

There is no man in this world without some manner of tribulation or anguish, though he be king or pope.

There is no sense in the struggle, but there is no choice but to struggle.

There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

Things past redress are now with me past care.

Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know; and the best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot; bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it, whatever it is; and despise affectation.

To exist is to adapt, and if one could not adapt, one died and made room for those who could.

To expect life to be tailored to our specifications is to invite frustration.

To shun one's cross is to make it heavier.

Very few live by choice. Every man is placed in his present condition by causes which acted without his foresight, and with which he did not always willingly cooperate; and therefore you will rarely meet one who does not think the lot of his neighbor better than his own.

Vex not thy spirit at the course of things; they heed not thy vexation. How ludicrous and outlandish is astonishment at anything that may happen in life.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

We cannot conquer fate and necessity, yet we can yield to them in such a manner as to be greater than if we could.

We do not write as we want, but as we can.


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