The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it, and so in great calamities it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

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Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doin

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing you will be successful.

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Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

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There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

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Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply, as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty, but what is true.

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