No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.

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"“He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.”"

- Charles Lamb

Balance

"'Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected."

- Charles Lamb

Compassion

"The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident."

- Charles Lamb

Compassion

"The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking."

- Charles Lamb

Self-awareness

"Let us live for the beauty of our own reality."

- Charles Lamb

Self-awareness

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"Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today."

- Will Rogers

Reflection

"Life is like a sewer … what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."

- Tom Lehrer

Reflection

"I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done."

- Lucille Ball

Reflection

"Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know."

- Pema Chodron

Reflection

"Happy Tuesday! It is a good day to reflect on the week so far and spread happiness."

Reflection