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Life is but short; no time can be afforded but for the indulgence of real sorry, or contests upon questions seriously momentous. let us not throw away any of our days upon useless resentment, or contend who shall hold out longest in stubborn malignity. it is best not to be angry; and best, in the next place, to be quickly reconciled.

-Samuel Johnson

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Life Is But Short; No Time Can

Samuel Johnson

Life is but short; no time can be afforded but for the indulgence of real sorry, or contests upon questions seriously momentous. let us not throw away any of our days upon useless resentment, or contend who shall hold out longest in stubborn malignity. it is best not to be angry; and best, in the next place, to be quickly reconciled.

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You say: 'oh, please forgive' you say: 'oh, live and let live.' but sorry doesn't help us. sorry will not save us. sorry is just a word you find so easy to say (so you say it anyway). sorry doesn't help us. sorry won't protect us. sorry won't undo all the good gone wrong.

Dear god," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. let me be gay; let me be sad. let me be cold; let me be warm. let me be hungry...have too much to eat. let me be ragged or well dressed. let me be sincere - be deceitful. let me be truthful; let me be a liar. let me be honorable and let me sin. only let me be something every blessed minute. and when i sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost.

Just let yourself be broken and humiliated. just your whole life, keep telling people, i'm sorry. i'm sorry. i'm sorry. i'm sorry. i'm sorry.

Sorry' he said. 'no, i'm sorry.' 'what are you sorry for?' 'rattling on like a mad old cow. i'm sorry, i'm tired, bad day, and i'm sorry for being so...boring.' 'you're not that boring.' 'i am, dex. god, i swear i bore myself.' 'well, you don't bore me.' he took her hand in his. 'you could never bore me. you're one in a million, em.

I no longer become angry. i not only do not say angry words, i do not even think angry thoughts! if someone does an unkind thing to me i feel only compassion instead of resentment. even upon those who cause suffering i look with deep compassion, knowing the harvest of sorrow that lies in store for them. if there were those who hated me, i would love them in return, knowing that hatred can only be overcome by love, and knowing that there is good in all human beings which can be reached by a loving approach.

I deplore with you the putrid state into which our newspapers have passed, and the malignity, the vulgarity, and mendacious spirit of those who write for them. ... this has in a great degree been produced by the violence and malignity of party spirit.

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