Deep Thoughts - (With apologies to Douglas Adams)

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  1. rosebay

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    WHAT is this life if, full of care,
    We have no time to stand and stare?—
    No time to stand beneath the boughs,
    And stare as long as sheep and cows:

    No time to see, when woods we pass,
    Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:

    No time to see, in broad daylight,
    Streams full of stars, like skies at night:

    No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
    And watch her feet, how they can dance:

    No time to wait till her mouth can
    Enrich that smile her eyes began?

    A poor life this if, full of care,
    We have no time to stand and stare.
     
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      Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.
      Confucius

      He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask is a fool for ever.
      An old Chinese proverb that goes well with the above.
       
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