Each time I think that the song is ended ... something higher and better begins for me.

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We cannot expect to be happy always ... by experiencing evil as well as good we become wise.

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‎"Does all the beauty of the world stop when you die?" "No," said the Old Oak; "it will last much longer - longer than I can even think of." "Well, then," said the little May-fly, "we have the same time to live; only we reckon differently.

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But shouldn't all of us on earth give the best we have to others and offer whatever is in our power?

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Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

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The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things.

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Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.

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Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch.

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Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.

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Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.

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