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A desire that has never been fulfilled is considerably less acute than one that has been fulfilled and then checked at the source.


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There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.



Neither situations nor people can be altered by the interference of an outsider. If they are to be altered, that alteration must come from within.

Neither situations nor people can be altered by the interference of an outsider. If they are to be altered, that alteration must come from within.



Truth, though it has many disadvantages, is at least changeless. You can always find it where you left it.

Truth, though it has many disadvantages, is at least changeless. You can always find it where you left it.



Where there is laughter there is always more health than sickness.

Where there is laughter there is always more health than sickness.



It's a good thing to learn early that other people's opinions do not matter, unless they happen to be true.

It's a good thing to learn early that other people's opinions do not matter, unless they happen to be true.



if you listen long enough - or is it deep enough? - the silence of a lover can speak plainer than any words! Only you must know how to listen. Pain must have taught you how.

if you listen long enough - or is it deep enough? - the silence of a lover can speak plainer than any words! Only you must know how to listen. Pain must have taught you how.



All persecution is a sign of fear; for if we did not fear the power of an opinion different from our own, we should not mind others holding it.

All persecution is a sign of fear; for if we did not fear the power of an opinion different from our own, we should not mind others holding it.



She believed in letting children have a certain amount of rope, and only intervened at the last moment, in order to prevent their hanging themselves by it.

She believed in letting children have a certain amount of rope, and only intervened at the last moment, in order to prevent their hanging themselves by it.



Time indeed has very little to do with living except at its beginning or near its end.

Time indeed has very little to do with living except at its beginning or near its end.



To be a Jew is to be strong with a strength that has outlived persecutions. It is to be wise against ignorance, honest against piracy, harmless against evil, kind against cruelty

To be a Jew is to be strong with a strength that has outlived persecutions. It is to be wise against ignorance, honest against piracy, harmless against evil, kind against cruelty





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The Purpose of Friendship to Me is Having One to Complement Not One to Compete with!



Who are we to think we deserve anything? What makes us so great? No one is "lucky" to have us. We are all full of it.

Who are we to think we deserve anything? What makes us so great? No one is "lucky" to have us. We are all full of it.



Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.



Popularity is like a girl in class that you can't ignore. She give you eyes when no one looks then turns to her friends and laughs some more.

Popularity is like a girl in class that you can't ignore. She give you eyes when no one looks then turns to her friends and laughs some more.



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I wouldn't be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago



If I think she' hot and it turns out she's a psychopath, then what does that say about me? I'm totally not ready for that kind of therapy.

If I think she' hot and it turns out she's a psychopath, then what does that say about me? I'm totally not ready for that kind of therapy.



End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, 'I love you'. Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.

End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, 'I love you'. Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.



Do not doubt your abilities. Do not delay your worthy impressions. With God's help, you cannot fail. He will give you the courage to participate in meaningful change and purposeful living.

Do not doubt your abilities. Do not delay your worthy impressions. With God's help, you cannot fail. He will give you the courage to participate in meaningful change and purposeful living.



I've no idea what Eddie Irvine's orders are, but he's following them superlatively well.

I've no idea what Eddie Irvine's orders are, but he's following them superlatively well.



A dog is a liberal... He wants to please everybody.

A dog is a liberal... He wants to please everybody.




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