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5 quotesMan alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.
Life and Living
Sir William Temple
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No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else.
Poetry and Poets
Sir William Temple
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The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.
Abstinence
Sir William Temple
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When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't, they don't.
Prayer
Sir William Temple
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Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new.
Books - Reading
Sir William Temple
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun