Pearl S. Buck
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
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Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
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But I would be proud.
Hi-Yo, Silver !
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
La-dee-da, la-dee-da.