The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.

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A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. ― Charles Darwin

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If a train doesn't stop at your station, then it's not your train.

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The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. — Oprah Winfrey

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Friendship is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself. ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

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Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.

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I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom.

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What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. ― Henry David Thoreau

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Never let people who are more unhappy than you tell you how to live your life. ― Adam Smith

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I have spent all my life resisting the desire to end it.

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