The nearer I come to the end of my days, the more I am enabled to see that strange thing, a life, and to see it whole. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought of freedom, in that hope itself possess. All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength. The scorn of danger, and united hearts. The surest presage of the good they seek. ~William Cowper
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
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Strong leaders understand that action cures indecision. ~Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen. ~Hippocrates
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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 poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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Right, and the definition of basic stupidity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. I am not stupid. I didn't say to keep doing it. Move forward with purpose. Examine what went wrong and correct that one mistake. ~Sherrilyn Kenyon
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong. ~Georges Bidault
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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Among the southern tribes, on the contrary, hats were sometimes worn in the dance, although this was not considered in strict accordance with the doctrine. ~James Mooney
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Carved with figures strange and sweet, All made out of the carver's brain. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Well it's the hurt I hide that fuels the fires inside me ~Ray LaMontagne
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It had run as a column; I had worked at the paper since 1976, but the column had been running for 13 years, and I think it was a strong column, criticizing the war when the paper was supporting it. ~Robert Scheer
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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