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“Though love may perish either in a dwindling death or by a spear thrust to the heart by a man counting running seconds, solicitude lives on.”
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“Golf is like a love affair. If you don't take it seriously, it's no fun. If you do take it seriously, it will break your heart.”
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“It is wise to be sure, but otherwise to be too sure.”
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“... time, when it is left to itself and no definite demands are made on it, cannot be trusted to move at any recognized pace. Usually it loiters; but just when one has come to count upon its slowness, it may suddenly break into a wild irrational gallop.”
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“A closed mouth gathers no feet.”
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“... perpetuity in a home is a blanket for the cold years that come with age.”
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“Habit is a good thing for the human race. ... You have to spend so much energy just getting through the day when you have no habits that you don't have any left for productive labor.”
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“Events never arrive as we fear they will, nor as we hope they will.”