The formula is 6-2-7: breathe in for six seconds, hold for two, and breathe out for seven seconds.
“I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.”
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“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.”
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“There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. (Mr. Dumby, Act III)”
― Lady Windermere's Fan
― Lady Windermere's Fan
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