For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully though I never received one cent for it.

Henry David Thoreau
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  2. I know that I do not know, and uncertainty, certainly, is the cruelest of words.

  3. Earn Nicely, spend wisely and you will live happily.

  4. Manners and politeness will never become old-fashioned.

  5. Happy people tend to be those who take pleasure in simple things.

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