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Doubt is of two natures, and we often confuse a wise suspension of judgment with the weakness of hesitation.
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For as with the close of the day, so with that of life; there may be clouds, and yet if the horizon is clear, the evening may be beautiful.
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To be released from the absorbing affairs of life, to feel that one has earned a claim to leisure and repose, is surely in itself no evil.
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Moreover, the result in the long run will depend not so much on some single resolution, or on our action in a special case, but rather on the preparation of daily life.
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Our duty is to make ourselves useful, and thus life may be most interesting, and yet comparatively free from anxiety.
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The body ceases to grow in a few years; but the mind, if we will let it, may grow as long as life lasts.