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No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it's his own. (Seneca)
If you knew how quickly people would forget you after your death, you would not seek in your life to please anyone but God. View quote
John Chrysostom
If people could realize that we are merely passing through this Earth... That we are guests here... That every meeting with an acquaintance or a friend could be the last, they would be more humble and less cruel. View quote
A person who creates habits of hard work in their children provides for them much better than by leaving them an inheritance. View quote
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. View quote
George Orwell
Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need. View quote
Voltaire
Impudence is the worst of all human diseases. View quote
Euripides
In a well-governed country, speak boldly and act boldly. In a country where lawlessness prevails, let your actions be bold but your speech tactful. View quote
Confucius
When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be. View quote
Leo Tolstoy
Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen. View quote
Socrates
No one knows when we are saying goodbye for the last time. So cherish every moment. (INZ EN)
Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think. View quote
Dale Carnegie
When angry, count ten before you speak if very angry, count a hundred. View quote
Thomas Jefferson
It is quality rather than quantity that matters. View quote
Seneca
Warfare is the way of deception. View quote
Sun Tzu
The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
Associate with people who are likely to improve you. View quote
Seneca
Kindness has never brought shame to anyone. Kindness is the most beautiful thing in the world. View quote
Leo Tolstoy
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened. View quote
Laozi
Change your attitude to the things that bother you and you will be aware of them. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
God doesn't send you the people you want. He sends you the people you need. They may hurt you, love you, teach you, or wound you-to make you into the person you are meant to be. (INZ EN)
The most expensive gifts in the world are free: kindness, attention, concern, sympathy, support, love... View quote
If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem. View quote
Richard Bach
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal. View quote
Albert Einstein
You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give. View quote
Kirk Douglas