Memento Vivere
Love while you've got
love to give.
Live while you've got
life to live.
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Time
Does time exist?
I gravely doubt it.
But gosh, what should we do
without it?
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Small Things and Great
He that lets
the small things bind him
leaves the great
undone behind him.
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A Tip
Those
who can write
have a
lot to
learn from those
bright
enough
not to.
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Similarity
No cow's like a horse,
and no horse like a cow.
That's one similarity, anyhow.
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Investment Policy
Anxieties yield
at a negative rate,
increasing in smallness
the longer they wait.
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The Wisdom of the Spheres
How instructive
is a star!
It can teach us
from afar
just how small
each other are.
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Nothing Is Indispensable
The universe may
be as great as they say.
But it wouldn't be missed
if it didn't exist.
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Presence of Mind
You'll conquer the present
suspiciously fast
if you smell of the future
-and stink of the past.
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Stone In Shoe
If a nasty jagged stone
gets into your shoe,
thank the Lord it came alone-
what if it were two?
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