Of present fame think little and of future less, the praises that we receive after we are buried like the flowers that are strewed over our grave may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead.

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Next to acquiring good friends the best acquisition is that of good books.

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time.

Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess.

Did universal charity prevail earth would be a heaven and hell a fable.

Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.

Patience is the support of weakness, impatience the ruin of strength.

Patience is the support of weakness, impatience the ruin of strength.

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    Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.

    And if a double-decker bus crashes into us, to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die.

    And if a double-decker bus crashes into us, to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die.

    Beauty is a pair of shoes that makes you wanna die.

    Beauty is a pair of shoes that makes you wanna die.

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