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Olive Schreiner Quotes: It is finer to bring one noble human being into the world and rear it well... than to kill ten thousand.
         

It is finer to bring one noble human being into the world and rear it well... than to kill ten thousand.


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I think if I were dying and I heard of an act of injustice, it would start me up to a moment's life again.

I think if I were dying and I heard of an act of injustice, it would start me up to a moment's life again.



There was never a great man who had not a great mother.

There was never a great man who had not a great mother.



My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad.

My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad.



Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist.

Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist.



Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn.

Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn.



If the bird does like its cage, and does like its sugar and will not leave it, why keep the door so very carefully shut?

If the bird does like its cage, and does like its sugar and will not leave it, why keep the door so very carefully shut?



Love, smoke and a cough cannot long be hid!

Love, smoke and a cough cannot long be hid!



The secret of success is concentration ... Taste everything a little, look at everything a little; but live for one thing.

The secret of success is concentration ... Taste everything a little, look at everything a little; but live for one thing.



Ones real deathless wealth is all the beautiful souls one has seen and spiritually touched.

Ones real deathless wealth is all the beautiful souls one has seen and spiritually touched.



Wisdom never kicks at the iron walls it can't bring down.

Wisdom never kicks at the iron walls it can't bring down.





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The secret of winning in any game of life is love.

The secret of winning in any game of life is love.



Some loves have to be given up, others have to be forgotten. Strange as it may sound, if you think of me as a monster, but I can love most passionately. I do not think of myself as evil.

Some loves have to be given up, others have to be forgotten. Strange as it may sound, if you think of me as a monster, but I can love most passionately. I do not think of myself as evil.



Industry and determination, Mister Kettle, can transform the difficult into the routine, " Grimm said.

Industry and determination, Mister Kettle, can transform the difficult into the routine, " Grimm said.



Even though I didn't think I'd like empathy it kind of creeps up on you and makes you feel all warm and glowy inside. I don't think I want to go back to life without empathy.

Even though I didn't think I'd like empathy it kind of creeps up on you and makes you feel all warm and glowy inside. I don't think I want to go back to life without empathy.



What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.



I have a lot of energy after 2 A.M. I like to sleep in the morning. I have some problems at the start of the day.

I have a lot of energy after 2 A.M. I like to sleep in the morning. I have some problems at the start of the day.



I know I'm not God, are you? Don't be silly. God? God? Everybody's God? Don't be silly.

I know I'm not God, are you? Don't be silly. God? God? Everybody's God? Don't be silly.



With this type of thing there are always different opinions and mine is that it is impossible to blame either one of us. [on a crash with Heidfeld]

With this type of thing there are always different opinions and mine is that it is impossible to blame either one of us. [on a crash with Heidfeld]



You have a choice. It may not be a choice you like, but it is still a choice.

You have a choice. It may not be a choice you like, but it is still a choice.



When we surrender when we do not fight with life when it calls upon us we are lifted and the strength to do what needs to be done finds us.

When we surrender when we do not fight with life when it calls upon us we are lifted and the strength to do what needs to be done finds us.




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