All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation. ~Erich Fromm
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God does not change; and neither does His love. He loved you before you were born. He loves you now; and He will love you forever. ~Billy Graham
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I cancel going out if my hair doesn't look good. ~Brad Goreski
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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Better wear out shoes than sheets. ~Scottish Proverb
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Many are the marvels of God's Creation, but none so marvelous as man. Or so cunning, for good or ill. ~S.M. Stirling
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If Britain was to close down altogether overnight, then China would take up the slack of carbon emissions in two years. If America closed down, just the growth in China's emissions would replace America's emissions in 12 years. ~Christopher Monckton
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. ~Michel de Montaigne
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do. ~Halle Berry
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I love zoo sanctuaries. ~Nancy Travis
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Hope is a risk that must be run. ~Georges Bernanos
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I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature. ~Paul Cezanne
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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It's that I have a good personality and am a good tennis player. ~Anna Kournikova
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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done. ~John Greenleaf Whittier
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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