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Somehow, I never feel like good things b'long to me till I pass 'em on to somebody else.

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Alice Hegan Rice
Age: 72 †
Born: 1870
Born: January 11
Died: 1942
Died: February 10
Novelist
Writer
Shelbyville
Kentucky
Alice Caldwell Hegan
Feels
Long
Ems
Good
Till
Things
Somehow
Never
Pass
Like
Somebody
Else
Feel

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It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains.
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Taking friendships for granted is one of the surest ways of ending them. Unless nourished, they tend to wither and die. Unless we earnestly desire its continuance we should never start a friendship any more than we would a love affair.
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I believe in the immortality of the soul because I cannot conceive of an intelligent First Cause creating human beings through long process of evolution in this world only to destroy them.
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Cheerfulness is a debt we owe to society, in the paying of which we receive a generous discount. We can not open our hearts to give out cheer without more cheer rushing in to take its place.
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There is an invariable law that the only way to keep the real things of life is by sharing them or giving them away.
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When one has a famishing thirst for happiness, one is apt to gulp down diversions wherever they are offered.
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Some people act as if there were a penalty for carrying concealed troubles. They exhibit them at every opportunity, begging for sympathy, even condescending to accept pity. Such persons never realize that the very ones to whom they are complaining are often struggling under a burden greater than their own.
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Half of our sorrows come from setting exalted standards for people and then breaking our hearts when they fail to live up to them.
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The hardest grief is often that which leaves no trace.
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All the higher forms of life have evolved from some one's ideal of justice, liberty or beauty and the belief that nothing is too good to be true.
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It'll be with me like it was with Uncle Ned's ole ox, I reckon he kep' a-goin' an' a-goin' till he died a-standin' up, an' even then they had to push him over.
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we sometimes forget the influence of action upon thought. ... Smile, whistle, sing, play the part you want to be until you become the part you play.
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Some folks goes right under when trouble comes, but I carry mine fur an' easy.
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The fascinating thing about ideals is that no sooner have we gained a desired peak than we find farther and higher peaks beyond. The thrilling adventure never ends.
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What can people not accomplish if they will but master the secret of steadfast perseverance.
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Metaphysicians tell us that it is easier to get the body well than to get the mind to realize its wellness.
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There is no doubt about it that it is more difficult for a woman to follow a career than for a man. Through the centuries his time has been considered more valuable, and he has consequently been excused from wrestling with many of 'life's minor damnabilities.
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It is a terrifying as well as hopeful truth that we tend to bring into being in form whatever we fashion in thought.
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