The only way to spend New Year’s Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise, it’s not worth the trouble.

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"Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow."

- W.H. Auden

Self-awareness

"In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag."

- W.H. Auden

Happiness

"Between friends, differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality."

- W.H. Auden

Relationships

"Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith."

- W.H. Auden

Adversity

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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."

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