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“Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today ... The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty.”

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Author:William Osler

“Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.”

Thinking World Philosophy Feelings Literature Wonderful Missing Trust Cheating Distrust Trust No One Cheated On No Trust Don't Trust Anyone Trust Respect Who To Trust Trusting Someone

Author:Eric Hoffer

“Now the only thing I miss about sex is the cigarette afterward. Next to the first one in the morning, it's the best one of all. It tasted so good that even if I had been frigid I would have pretended otherwise just to be able to smoke it.”

Source: Lump It Or Leave It

“Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates.”

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Author:H. L. Mencken

“Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history.”

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Book:Alternating Current

Source: Alternating Current

“It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it.”

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Author:Mark Twain