Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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The main courtyard was filled with warriors, mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their skin was blue, which I'd never known before. Some were tending the wounded. Some were sharpening spears and swords. One passed us, swimming in a hurry. His eyes were bright green, like that stuff they put in glo-sticks, and his teeth were shark teeth. They don't show you stuff like that in "The Little Mermaid. ~Rick Riordan
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down. ~Natalia Vodianova
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The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and their constables. The political concept of the individual's freedom means: freedom from arbitrary action on the part of the police power. ~Ludwig von Mises
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Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
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Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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Hardest job in America is being a single mom. There are a lot of them and a lot of them in Baltimore and I think that they absolutely do their best. They can't keep continue to do their best if businesses flee the city. ~Dana Perino
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I'm very independent. ~Kate Bosworth
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Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way. ~Harvey Mackay
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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous. ~Mel Brooks
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I am usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl. ~Hope Davis
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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Will is stronger than fact; it can mold and overcome fact. ~H. G. Wells
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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I really hate airport queues. I almost feel they should have cattle prods to hurry us up down the aisles. You can't even complain because they might stop you getting on to the flight. ~Len Goodman
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