We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience. - George Bernard Shaw

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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.

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I realize that the memories I cherish most are not the first night successes, but of simple, everyday things: walking through our garden in the country after rain; sitting outside a cafe in Provence, drinking the vin de pays; staying at a little hotel in an English market town with Larry, in the early days after our marriage, when he was serving in the Fleet Air Arm, and I was touring Scotland, so that we had to make long treks to spend weekends together.

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Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. — Josh Billings

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I wanted to see what type of trees is growing in Marcy Projects, what type of water Jay Z was drinking. – DJ Khaled

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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. - Buddha

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What gets us into trouble is not what we don’t know. It’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so. - Mark Twain

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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.

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A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. - Maya Angelou

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Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. - Elbert Hubbard

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