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189.There is a drive to action or to the brake of passivity when we are overly anxious.

190.Familiarity tends to make us take things for granted while the unknown cautions us .

191.By using our strength we can either do a lot of good or a lot of damage to ourselves or to our surroundings.

192.We appreciate by preserving, devouring, using and by being careful.

193.Control is present in creation and destruction.

194.Credit is given or withheld when justified or otherwise, when expected or otherwise and when under obligation.

195.If we persist against reason, it is like dehydrating a parched desert.

196.There are fantasies which deserve a shot at reality and those which should remain as they are.

197.There are realities which we are thankful for and those which we wished had stayed as unfulfilled fantasies.

198.Fantasies are stakes in a world of intangibles.

199.For the preservation of sanity we reach for relief from orthodox and unorthodox quarters.

200.To stray is to lose or to find.

201.Uncomprehended text are just blots on matter which ignorance is unable to decipher.

202.Despite the worth of a piece of work, if it?s not understood it is worthless or at best a nagging mystery.

203.Be thankful for having both food and shelter during intemperate weather.

204.We forget about others while drunk in our own comforts and pleasures.

205.There are escape artists who perform stunts by liberating themselves from danger. There are escape artists who perform stunts by shirking responsibility.

206.We are given the option to etch our niche in humankind?s odyssey as those who follow the paved path or as those who hacked their own.

207.Fiction is when one?s work is courted by reality and possibility, the logical and illogical.

208.If you want a recital, ask for what one knows. If you wish to witness an accomplishment, ask for what one can do with what one knows.

209.Seek for one and you shall find many. Accept one and you shall accept many.

210.One can only caution oneself or another if one has foresight, the lessons of experience or knowledge.

211.If we hadn?t been particularly exceptional in a certain matter, compensate for it in others if one is able.

212.The enhancing mask of vanity is a lesser vice compared to the deceptive mask of lies.

213.It takes the higher to make the lesser realise. It takes the lesser to make the higher realise.

214.Paces frantic, moderate or leisurely yield results.

215.Variety, uniformity and contrast is to be found in similar or a myriad of elements.

216.There is control in bursts of energy or in composure.

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