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ur be the things I am wiser to know:Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.Four be the things I'd been better without:Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.Three be the things I shall never attain:Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.Three be the things I shall have till I die:Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye.

Dorothy Parker , in The Complete Poems of Dorothy Parker
life love knowledge friends wisdom hope values laughter curiosity envy sorrow champagne contentment doubt foes idleness inventory sufficienty superfluity unattainable