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It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery · 1943Although human life is priceless, we always act as if something had an even greater price than life…but what is that something? — Antoine de Saint-Exupery · 1931
Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones. — Arthur Conan Doyle · 1887
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Because only one thing counts in this life. Get them to sign on the line which is dotted. — Blake · 1992
It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our lives, from which we make our choices, is very good stuff. — Fred Rogers · 2002
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine. — Jeff Spicoli · 1982