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Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.

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Og Mandino
Age: 72 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 1
Died: 1996
Died: September 3
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Framingham
Massachusetts
Augustine Og Mandino II
Smile
Getting
Happiness
Remember
Giving

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Today I will be the master of my emotions.
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I am natures greatest miracle. Since the beginning of time never has there been another with my heart, my eyes, my ears, my hands, my hair, my mouth. None that came before, none that live today, and none that come tomorrow can walk and talk and move and think exactly like me. I am a unique creature.
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And I leave you now, not with sadness but with satisfaction and joy that we came together and walked, arm in arm, through this brief moment of eternity. Who could ask for more?
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