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          The 
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          Inspired 
            by my dog    | 
        
         
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          who 
            lives by the maxim A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance 
             
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          | November 29, 2000  | 
          “A great flame 
            follows a little spark.”  
            -Dante Alighieri 
             
             
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          | November 28, 2000  | 
          “A proverb is 
            one man's wit and all men's wisdom.”  
            -Bertrand Russell 
             
             
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          | November 21, 2000  | 
          “Corn can't expect 
            justice from a court composed of chickens.”  
            -African Proverb 
             
             
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          | November 17, 2000  | 
          “Good manners 
            and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.”  
            -Sir John Vanbrugh 
             
             
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          | November 15, 2000  | 
          “When one has 
            one's hand full of truth it is not always wise to open it.”  
            -French Proverb 
             
             
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          | November 14, 2000  | 
          “Life is so largely 
            controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.” 
             
            -W. Somerset Maugham 
             
             
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          | November 9, 2000  | 
          “Principles always 
            become a matter of vehement discussion when practice is at an ebb.” 
             
            -George Gissing 
             
             
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          | November 8, 2000  | 
          “Only that which is provisional endures.”  
            -French Proverb 
             
             
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          | November 6, 2000  | 
          “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”  
            -Theodore Roosevelt 
             
             
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          | November 5, 2000  | 
          “When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”  
            -Charles Beard 
             
             
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          | November 2, 2000  | 
          “The 
            most wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.” 
             
            -Chamfort 
             
             
             
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