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" When I hear somebody say 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask 'Compared to what?' "
Sydney J. Harris
Say
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" The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones - which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones. "
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" A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive. "
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" Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone else? "
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