“ For there was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ It takes vision and courage to create — it takes faith and courage to prove. ”
- Owen D. Young- Copy
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“ It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. It is harder to stay where you are than to get out. ”
- Judith Rossner- Copy
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“ For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands. ”
- Christina Rossetti- Copy
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“ What we can do for another is the test of powers. What we can suffer for is the test of love. ”
- Bishop Westcott- Copy
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“ Misfortunes one can endure — they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults — Ah! there is the sting of life. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
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“ Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of course, that's true. Most people, however, find that meditation creates more time than it takes. ”
- Peter McWilliams- Copy
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“ Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. ”
- George Washington- Copy
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“ As the Spanish proverb says, ''He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.'' So it is in traveling; a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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“ Think of that, Master Brook. - The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iii. Sc. 5. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. ”
- J. R. R. Tolkien- Copy
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“ It takes two to make a murder. There are born victims, born to have their throats cut, as the cut-throats are born to be hanged. ”
- Aldous Huxley- Copy
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“ He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
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“ Nothing brings suffering as doesthe untamed, uncontrolled unattended and unrestrained heart.That heart brings suffering. ”
- Gautama Buddha- Copy
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“ He was a man Of an unbounded stomach. - King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. - King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 1. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well used brings a happy death. ”
- Leonardo da Vinci- Copy
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“ It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders. ”
- Menander- Copy
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