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dream happiness lived today tomorrow vision yesterday
Yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
granted heard man rather understanding
Many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request.
drunken lamp man rather statistics support uses
Often statistics are used as a drunken man uses lamp posts... for support rather than illumination.
people quiet rather wrong
Some people would rather be wrong than quiet for a minute.
words
One thing you can give and still keep is your word.
himself mighty small wrapped
He who is wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package.
gaining health lose people wealth
Some people lose their health getting wealth and then lose their wealth gaining health.
marvelous names scientists
Isn't it marvelous how those scientists know the names of all those stars?
fragrance gives hand
Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.
beggars horses wishes
If wishes were horses then beggars would ride.
apples
You never know how many apples there are in a seed.
marvelous open vision
Its marvelous what you can see when you open your eyes.
exhausted natural taxes-and-taxation
Of all our natural resources, the first one to be exhausted may be the taxpayer.
consists research scientific seeing thinking
Scientific research consists in seeing what everyone else has seen, but thinking what no one else has thought.