But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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quotistLead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely. ~Cleanthes
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Plaid is always cute and always will be. But only on the bottom. At the top, it makes you look like a farmer. ~Jen Lancaster
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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proverbiosIn the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ~Milton Friedman
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Psychologists maintain that the dizzy feeling of intense romantic love lasts only about 18 months to at best three years. ~Helen Fisher
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space. ~Pema Chodron
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Let us help build the kingdom of God by standing up boldly and being defenders of marriage, parenthood, and the home. ~Bonnie L. Oscarson
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No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails. ~John Mortimer
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sorrow is brief but joy is endless ~Friedrich Schiller
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I don't pay a lot of attention, frankly, to what Barack Obama says. ~Dick Cheney
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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Pain is a message, and you can choose to ignore that message. ~James Patterson
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The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready. ~Nancy E. Turner
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randomInvest less at the end of the month. Brokers tend to push stocks at the end of the month in an effort to match or surpass their previous month's sales. ~Nancy Dunnan
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In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy. ~Sebastian Faulks
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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