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The Second

«There is only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best»
Author: Doris Lessing (Novelist, Writer) | About: Sin | Keywords: persuade, second best, The Second
«The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.»
«The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.»
«The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.»
«There are two sighs of relief every night in the life of an opera manager. The first comes when the curtain goes up The second sigh of relief comes when the final curtain goes down without any disaster, and one realizes, gratefully, that the miracle has happened again.»
«There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.»
«The first half of life is spent in longing for the second - the second half in regretting the first»
«The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.»
«The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.»

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