And no renown can render you well-known: For if you think that fame can lengthen life By mortal … - Boethius

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Comedy is allied to justice.

Boethius

And no renown can render you well-known: For if you think that fame can lengthen life By mortal famousness immortalized, The day will come that takes your fame as well, And there a second death for you awaits.

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Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.

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It's my belief that history is a wheel. 'Inconstancy is my very essence,'? says the wheel. Rise up on my spokes if you like but don't complain when you're cast back down into the depths. Good times pass away, but then so do the bad. Mutability is our tragedy, but it's also our hope. The worst of times, like the best, are always passing away.

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Whose happiness is so firmly established that he has no quarrel from any side with his estate of life?

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Balance out the good things and the bad that have happened in your life and you will have to acknowledge that you are still way ahead. You are unhappy because you have lost those things in which you took pleasure? But you can also take comfort in the likelihood that what is now making you miserable will also pass away.

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He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.

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Too often cartoonists just look at other cartoonists and, after a lot of inbreeding, everyone has the same funny look. The challenge of drawing is that there is no one right way to visually describe something. It's a good thing to confront your limitations and preconceptions every so often.

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Henry Beston

The leaves fall, the wind blows, and the farm country slowly changes from the summer cottons into its winter woods.

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Comedy is allied to justice.

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Gordon Campbell

The abuser knows where you work. Even if a woman goes underground at night, the abuser knows where to find her during the day.

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Devra Davis

In particular, recently Belgium has banned the sale of a cellphone to a 7-year-old. Turkey has banned ads and advertising to children. So has France for children under 12. India has bans in certain areas. In Bangalore, you cannot sell a cellphone to someone younger than 16. So in different parts of the world, they've taken different steps.

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