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The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened. It's only the middle aged who are really conscious of their limitations  that is why one should be so patient with them. But one never is." THE YOUNG HAVE ASPIRATIONS THAT NEVER COME TO PASS THE OLD HAVE REMINISCENCES OF WHAT NEVER HAPPENED IT'S ONLY THE MIDDLE AGED WHO ARE REALLY CONSCIOUS OF THEIR LIMITATIONS THAT IS WHY ONE SHOULD BE SO PATIENT WITH THEM BUT ONE NEVER IS
about the housing of the poor. Of course it's a most important question, and I devote a good deal of time to it myself in the mornings; but, as Laura Whimple says, it's as well to have an establishment of one's own before agitating about other people's. She feels it very keenly, but she always maintains a cheerful appetite, which I think is so unselfish of her." "There are different ways of taking disappointment. There was a girl I knew who nursed a wealthy uncle through a long illness, borne by her with Christian fortitude, and then he died and left his money to a swine-fever hospital. She found she'd about cleared stock in fortitude by that time, and now she gives drawing-room recitations. That's what I call being vindictive." "Life is full of its disappointments," observed the Duchess, "and I suppose the art of being happy is to disguise them as illusions. But that, my dear Reginald, becomes more difficult as one grows older." "I think it's more generally practised than you imagine. ENDENCIES AND WRITES PAMPHLETS ABOUT THE HOUSING OF THE POOR OF COURSE IT'S A MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION AND I DEVOTE A GOOD DEAL OF TIME TO IT MYSELF IN THE MORNINGS BUT AS LAURA WHIMPLE SAYS IT'S AS WELL TO HAVE AN ESTABLISHMENT OF ONE'S OWN BEFORE AGITATING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S SHE FEELS IT VERY KEENLY BUT SHE ALWAYS MAINTAINS A CHEERFUL APPETITE WHICH I THINK IS SO UNSELFISH OF HER THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS OF TAKING DISAPPOINTMENT THERE WAS A GIRL I KNEW WHO NURSED A WEALTHY UNCLE THROUGH A LONG ILLNESS BORNE BY HER WITH CHRISTIAN FORTITUDE AND THEN HE DIED AND LEFT HIS MONEY TO A SWINE FEVER HOSPITAL SHE FOUND SHE'D ABOUT CLEARED STOCK IN FORTITUDE BY THAT TIME AND NOW SHE GIVES DRAWING ROOM RECITATIONS THAT'S WHAT I CALL BEING VINDICTIVE LIFE IS FULL OF ITS DISAPPOINTMENTS OBSERVED THE DUCHESS AND I SUPPOSE THE ART OF BEING HAPPY IS TO DISGUISE THEM AS ILLUSIONS BUT THAT MY DEAR REGINALD BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT AS ONE GROWS OLDER I THINK IT'S MORE GENERALLY PRACTISED THAN YOU IMAGINE
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