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Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object. [Joseph Addison]

My mother once said to me, "Elwood" — she always called me Elwood — "Elwood, in this world you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." For years I tried smart. I recommend pleasant. [Elwood P. Dowde]

To an active mind, indolence is more painful than labor. [Edward Gibbon]