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I have often noticed that
ancestors never boast
of the descendants who boast
of ancestors I would
rather start a family than
finish one blood will tell but often
it tells too much

— Don Marquis

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If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.

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The best good that you can possibly achieve is not good enough if you have to strain yourself all the time to reach it.

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Do the best you can, without straining yourself too much and too continuously, and leave the rest to God.

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The wise and subtle deities permit nothing worthy to be lost.

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