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Rudeness is an imitation of strength by weak-willed people. View quote
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. View quote
Mark Twain
When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet. View quote
Stanisław Jerzy Lec
What does not kill him, makes him stronger. View quote
Friedrich Nietzsche
It is quality rather than quantity that matters. View quote
Seneca
Worry less. Pray more. Discuss less. Forgive more. Judge less. Love more. View quote
Words are like keys. If chosen correctly, they can open any soul and close any mouth. View quote
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. View quote
Aristotle
Take away love, and our earth is a tomb! View quote
Robert Browning
He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear. View quote
Michel de Montaigne
Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing. (Seneca)
Where a man can live, he can also live well. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
How many things I can do without. View quote
Socrates
Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good. View quote
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Compassion is sorrow for someone else's misfortune; envy is sorrow for someone else's happiness. View quote
Plutarch
To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day. View quote
Laozi
To love someone means to see him as God intended him. View quote
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
I knew everything and received everything. But real happiness, is giving. View quote
Alain Delon
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. View quote
Thomas Aquinas
The highest of distinctions is service to others. View quote
George VI of the United Kingdom
A wise old woman used to say: - Wish health and happiness to the one who insults you, and God will know what to give them. View quote
A wise person has expectations of themselves, while a fool has demands for others... View quote
Silence does not always mean a poor vocabulary. Quite often, it signifies rich experience... View quote
An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field. View quote
Niels Bohr
Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face. View quote
Victor Hugo