Happy domestic life is like a beautiful summer's evening; the heart is filled with peace; and everything around derives a peculiar glory.

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We cannot expect to be happy always ... by experiencing evil as well as good we become wise.

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Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

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‎"Does all the beauty of the world stop when you die?" "No," said the Old Oak; "it will last much longer - longer than I can even think of." "Well, then," said the little May-fly, "we have the same time to live; only we reckon differently.

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Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.

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Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.

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The sun shines upon good and bad alike.

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Well, yes: people write poems when they are in love, but a wise man will not print them.

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But shouldn't all of us on earth give the best we have to others and offer whatever is in our power?

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Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

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