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The highest result of education is tolerance.: Helen Keller (1880 - 1968), 'Optimism,' 1903
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Competition is a painful thing, but it produces great results.: Jerry Flint, in Forbes
In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.: Coco Chanel (1883 - 1971)
Anyone may have diamonds: an heirloom is an ornament of quite a different kind.: Elizabeth Aston, Mr. Darcy's Daughters, 2003
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Prefer loss to the wealth of dishonest gain; the former vexes you for a time; the latter will bring you lasting remorse.: Chilo
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No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it.: Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.: Mary Kay Ash
Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.: Edward Chapin
In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.: Paul Harvey
Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you a set of criteria if you let it.: J. K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2008
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It is well that war is so terrible - otherwise we would grow too fond of it.: Robert E. Lee (1807 - 1870), Statement at the Battle of Fredericksburg (13th December 1862)
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It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.: Edith Nesbitt
While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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The important thing is not to stop questioning.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
Do not smoke without asking permission or sit so near (as in a train) that the smoke might annoy.: Amy Vanderbilt (1908 - 1974)
After you've been in a place for a while, everything starts to look... I won't say better, there's no need to go to extremes...but your everyday life does start to become...familiar.: David Assael, Northern Exposure, Russian Flu, 1990
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), (Sherlock Holmes) Valley of Fear, 1915
When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.: William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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The prospect of a long day at the beach makes me panic. There is no harder work I can think of than taking myself off to somewhere pleasant, where I am forced to stay for hours and 'have fun'.: Phillip Lopate