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Thursday, June 15, 2017

Expect not praise from the mean,
Neither gratitude from the selfish.

Parents we can have but once; and he promises himself too much who enters life with the expectation of finding many friends.
—Samuel Johnson

To do all that one is able to do is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do is to be a god.
—Napoleon Bonaparte

In everything one must consider the end.
—Jean de La Fontaine

I hope to work, support my children and die quietly without pain.
—Sean Connery

It is enough that I am of value to somebody today.
—Hugh Prather

Expect nothing and life will be velvet.
—Lisa Gardner