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Easter-Day

HOW very hard it is to be
A Christian! Hard for you and me,
—Not the mere task of making real
That duty up to its ideal,
Effecting thus complete and whole,
A purpose or the human soul—
For that is always hard to do;
But hard, I mean, for me and you
To realise it, more or less,
With even the moderate success
Which commonly repays our strife
To carry out the aims of life.
“This aim is greater,” you may say,
“And so more arduous every way.”
—But the importance of the fruits
Still proves to man, in all pursuits,
Proportional encouragement.
“Then, what if it be God’s intent
“That labour to this one result
“Shall seem unduly difficult?”

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poem by Robert Browning
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Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

quote by Albert Camus
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Death is the great hope of all life; the desire to expend itself; to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself.

quote by Bryant H. McGill
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They say that blood is thicker than water. Maybe that's why we battle our own with more energy and gusto than we would ever expend on strangers.

quote by David Assael
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He who must expend his life to prolong life cannot enjoy it, and he who is still seeking for his life does not have it and can as little enjoy it.

quote by Max Stirner
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A Hallmark Card on Valentine's Day

Dear Hallmark,
Teach
Me how to love.

Tell me where

I should go,
And
What I need to
Buy

To persuade

A woman,
So
She will return
The
Favors I expend.

poem by Tim Stensloff
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I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future.

quote by Van Jones
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Iago: Thus do I ever make my fool my purse.
For I mine own gained knowledge should profane
If I would time expend with such a snipe
But for my sport and profit.

line from the play Othello, Act I, Scene 3, script by William Shakespeare (1603)
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It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.

quote by Helen Keller
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Inert In Face Of Character Assassination

you should not expend effort
when braggart comes to assert
to deliberately put yourself down

when effortlessly comes rude clown
always nasty ready to verbally hurt
let still indifference over soul flow

poem by Terence George Craddock
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