But there must be some pleasure in condemning everything--in perceiving faults where others think they see beauties.'' You mean there is pleasure in having no pleasure.

Voltaire
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  1. She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.

  2. Let us work without reasoning, ' said Martin; 'it is the only way to make life endurable.

  3. Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

  4. If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

  5. ‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

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