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Better Counsel comes overnight.

— Doris Lessing

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  1. Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.
  2. Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing.
  3. The current publishing scene is extremely good for the big, popular books. They sell them brilliantly, market them and all that. It is not …
  4. For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying.
  5. All political movements are like this - we are in the right, everyone else is in the wrong. The people on our own side who disagree with us…
  6. It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.
  7. I'm always astounded at the way we automatically look at what divides and separates us. We never look at what people have in common. If you…
  8. Man - who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for the work of chance!

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  • wisdom
  • advice
  • reflection

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