“For Myself, I Am An Optimist…”

“…It Does Not Seem To Be Much Use Being Anything Else.”

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL

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<*(((1874-1965)))*>

<{*PRIME MINISTER Of The UNITED KINGDOM*}>

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“PITY…”

“…Is The Feeling Which Arrests The Mind In The Presence Of Whatsoever Is Grave And Constant In Human Sufferings, And Unites It With The Human Sufferer.”

JAMES JOYCE

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“The Sweetest Joy, The Wildest Woe…”

“…Is LOVE.”

PHILIP JAMES BAILEY

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((((1816-1902))))

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“GOOD ADVICE…”

“…Is Something A Man Gives When He Is Too Old To Set A BAD EXAMPLE.”

FRANÇOIS de La ROCHEFOUCAULD

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“All Human Wisdom Is Summed Up In Two Words…”

“…WAIT And HOPE.”

ALEXANDRE DUMAS

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“I Am NOT Ashamed To Confess…”

“…That I Am Ignorant Of What I Do Not Know.”

CICERO

((aka MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO))

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-{{c. 106 B.C. - c. 43 B.C.}}-

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“HOW A Person Masters His Fate Is MORE IMPORTANT Than What His Fate Is.” –WILHELM von HUMBOLDT

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[[aka FRIEDRICH WILHELM CHRISTIAN KARL FERDINAND von HUMBOLDT]]

-{{1767-1835}}-

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