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“The world gets better every day - then worse again in the evening.”

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Cartoonist Kin Hubbard, born on September 1, 1868, and died on December 26, 1930. Hubbard was renowned for his humorous illustrations and satirical cartoons, which held a significant place in American culture during the early 20th century. more

“What I need is courage, and this often fails me. And it is also a fact that since my disease, when I am in the fields I am overwhelmed by a feeling of loneliness to such a horrible extent that I shy away from going out. But this will change all the same as time goes on. Only when I stand a painting before my easel do I feel somewhat alive. Never mind, this is going to change too, for now my health is so good that I suppose the physical part of me will gain the victory.”

Needs Feels Mind Facts Feelings Alive Failing Loneliness Fields Painting Goes On Victory Disease Gains Horrible Shy Going Out Overwhelmed Time Goes On

Book:Van Gogh, letters from Provence

Source: Van Gogh, letters from Provence

“Well, I am ploughing on my canvases as they do on their fields (the peasants). It goes badly enough in our profession - in fact that has always been so, but at the moment it is very bad.”

Wells Enough Moments Facts Fields Profession Peasants Ploughing

Book:Further Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother, 1886-1889

Source: Further Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother, 1886-1889

“In the fullness of artistic life there is, and remains, and will always come back at times, that homesick longing for the truly ideal life that can never come true.”

Ideals Remains Longing Artistic Fullness Homesick Ideal Life Artistic Life

Book:Van Gogh's

Source: Van Gogh's

“Every so often, we all gaze into the abyss. It's a depressing fact of life that eventually the clock expires; eventually the sand in the hourglass runs out. It's the leaving behind of everything that matters to us that hurts the most.”

Matter Facts Running Hurt Behinds Leaving Clock Sand Depressing Abyss Facts Of Life Hourglass

Book:And We All Fall Down

Source: And We All Fall Down

“It just seems to me that the world's kind of a mess, and the more messy it gets, the more interested I am in escapist fare. Having a good time is something that isn't about the war in Iraq or the Asian flu or the Kyoto protocol - things that are horribly depressing to consider in our real lives. I'm eager to get away from them.”

World Kind War Real Seems Iraq Real Life Mess Good Times Get Away Depressing Asian Messy Having A Good Time Flu Protocol Kyoto Escapists Kyoto Protocol Bird Flu

Author:Eric Stoltz

“Let your minds be filled with the goal of being like the Lord, and you will crowd out depressing thoughts as you anxiously seek to know Him and do His will.”

Knows Mind Goal Lord Filled Crowds Depressing

Author:Ezra Taft Benson

“Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.”

Work Patience Lazy Laziness Mistaken Be Patient Pep

Author:Kin Hubbard

“In baseball, you don't know nothin'.”

Knows Baseball

Book:When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes

Source: When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes

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