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Brief author info: William Temple (1628-1699) English diplomat, statesman, essayist.

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The greatest pleasure of life is love.

William Temple

Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they have passed.

William Temple

The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home.

William Temple

As the flower turns to the sun, or the dog to his master, so the soul turns to God.

William Temple

I am greater than the stars for I know that they are up there and they do not know that I am down here.

William Temple

Contentment with the divine will is the best remedy we can apply to misfortune.

William Temple

It is a mistake to assume that God is interested only, or even chiefly, in religion.

William Temple

We must not forget that our vocation is to practice virtue that men are won to it; it is possible to be morally upright repulsively.

William Temple

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Things don't change. You change your way of looking, that's all.

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I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.

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Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together.

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Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

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Count your age by friends, not years Count your life by smiles, not tears.

- John Lennon

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