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“To laugh often and much. To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children. To earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty. To find the best in others. To leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition. To know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - This is to have succeeded.”

(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

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EXHORTATION by Mike Nichols

You have not, as I, walked
the silent sleeping streets,
with streaming eyes, running
from the women in the windows.
You have not slid, as I have slid,
under the seas to see the shells,
smiling and swimming silently.
You have not seen the moon
running along the sky.
So shut up.

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“You say that you love rain, but you open your umbrella when it rains… You say that you love the sun, but you find a shadow spot when the sun shines… You say that you love the wind, But you close your windows when wind blows… This is why I am afraid; You say that you love me too…”
— Unknown
Follow the discussion at http://www.notbyshakespeare.com/2011/10/19/you-say-that-you-love-rain-but-you-open-your-umbrella-when-it-rains/ to learn more about the actual origin of the poem and help us find the author.

quotevadis:

“You say that you love rain,
but you open your umbrella when it rains…
You say that you love the sun,
but you find a shadow spot when the sun shines…
You say that you love the wind,
But you close your windows when wind blows…
This is why I am afraid;
You say that you love me too…”

— Unknown

Follow the discussion at http://www.notbyshakespeare.com/2011/10/19/you-say-that-you-love-rain-but-you-open-your-umbrella-when-it-rains/ to learn more about the actual origin of the poem and help us find the author.