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A Decalogue of Canons for Observation in Practical Life

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
Never spend your money before you have it.
Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you.
Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.
We never repent of having eaten too little.
Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.
How much pain have cost us the evils which never have happened.
Take things always by their smooth handle.
When angry, count to ten before you speak; if still angry, a hundred.

~ Thomas Jefferson (from a letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith, 1825)

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Lessons From the Hundred-Acre Wood

Following some mysterious tracks can lead to an adventure.
If you don't know something for sure, you may as well admit it.
A real friend (however small) never lets you feel foolish for long.
Sometimes just being there takes courage.
Its better to remember before going up that you have a problem with down.
Sometimes the best thing to do is let go.
Thinking can be hard when someone else is talking,
You should wit for a polite time to interrupt, no matter what your tumbly tells you.
It one goes on long enough, it gets a bit boring.
When someone calls you silly (in a nice sort of way), just call them silly right back.
If you don't succeed wit the wrong sort of bees, its wroth another try with the right sort.
Only an understanding friend will do something for you he thinks is silly.
"Silly old bear" when said the right way, sounds just like "I love you."
Its hard to keep it down and exercise at the same time.
When your mother puts her paws on her hips, you know you're in trouble.
Good manners are good.
There's always room for hope.
When in doubt, change the subject.
If you're looking for home but you keep finding a sandpit, try looking for the sandpit -- and
     you might find home.
If you listen to your honey (or your heart or tummy), it may call you back home.
The best-laid plans aren't always.
The friend who finds you when you might be lost is a very welcome friend.
You are where you are wherever you are (that's got to be a rule).
Getting organized is sometimes better than just talking about it.
Accidents happen.
Its bad form to save yourself when somebody else needs your help.
A tail can be more than an extra bit at the back.
According to Christopher Robin, its goes like this: you're braver than you believe, and
     stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Friends can be there for you, whether or not they're there with you.
If you're between this and that and here and there, you might be completely lost.
When things get very scary (and when you're very small) its comforting to shut your eyes and
     hold on to a friend.
Nowhere is a wonderful place -- especially when you're beside your best friend.
When someone else asks what you're going to do, you can always say, "Oh, nothing."

~ Hallie Marshal

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Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets.
So, love the people who treat you right and forget about the ones who don't.
And believe that everything happens for a reason... if you get a chance -- take it; if it changes
     your life -- let it. 
Nobody said it would be easy... they just promised it would be worth it.

~ Unknown

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I write only because
There is a voice within me
That will not be still.
~ Sylvia Plath

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Thank you, Mr. I.T., for the laptop.  It is perfect and you exceeded all expectations.  You are awesome sauce and I am blessed to have you in my world.

And yes, Photoshop made that!

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I'd heard The Bruce Springsteen Band was nearby at a club called The Student Prince. A rainy, windy night it was, and when I opened the door the whole thing flew off its hinges and blew away down the street. The band were on stage, but staring at me framed in the doorway. And maybe that did make Bruce a little nervous because I just said, "I want to play with your band," and he said, "Sure, you do anything you want." ~ Clarence Clemons on how he met Bruce Springsteen and began playing with the E Street Band 

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I love my past.  I love my present.  I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer. ~ Colette

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Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.  And in the final tolling it often turns out that the facts are more comforting than the fantasy. ~ Carl Sagan

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Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded.  And the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand.  It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics:  You are all stardust. ~ Lawrence Krauss

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For never in this world
Do hatreds cease by hatred.
By freedom from hatred they cease:
This is the eternal dhamma.
~Dhammapada 5

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Do not accept anything simply because it has been said by your teacher, or because it has been written in your sacred book, or because it has been believed by many, or because it has been handed down by your ancestors.


Accept and live only according to what will enable you to see truth face to face.


~ Buddha

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Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. ~ Confucius