A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

Aesop

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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.

In an era of stress and anxiety, when the present seems unstable and the future unlikely, the natural response is to retreat and withdraw from reality, taking recourse either in fantasies of the future or in modified visions of a half-imagined past.

There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.

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Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.

Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.

I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.

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