Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.

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Talent hits a target no one else can hit, Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit, Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule th

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.

We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our

We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth every fresh morning a little yout

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.

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    He who would travel happily must travel light.

    He who would travel happily must travel light.

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    The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.

    The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.

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