Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best, for that we must have recourse to art.

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The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard.

The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

A man of honour should never forget what he is, because he sees what others are.

Hope has a good memory gratitude a bad one.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

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    The art of living… is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.

    The art of living… is neither careless drifting on the one hand, nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.

    Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me.

    Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me.

    An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

    An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

    Every savage can dance.

    Every savage can dance.

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