If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.
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When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.
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To be happy is only to have freed one's soul from the unrest of unhappiness.
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No great inner event befalls those who summon it not.
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How strangely do we diminish a thing as soon as we try to express it in words.
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Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.
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