The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

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All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon sand.

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All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon sand.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox in O Magazine (February 2004)
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Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe. No path is wholly rough.

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All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.

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Let there be many windows to your soul, that all the glory of the world may beautify it.

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And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.

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The Pessimist

The pessimist locust, last to leaf,
Though all the world is glad, still talks of grief.

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The dark today leads into light tomorrow;
There is no endless joy,
...and yet no endless sorrow.

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A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.

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