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Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person


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Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.



Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.



Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.



Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.



It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.

It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.



The great virtue of parents is a great dowry.

The great virtue of parents is a great dowry.



It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.



Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)



When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.



Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.





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My knees will not tremble at the sight of a King but I will kneel down before a man of humility.

My knees will not tremble at the sight of a King but I will kneel down before a man of humility.



Who do those boys think they are, treating us as if we are their property, taking away our innocence?

Who do those boys think they are, treating us as if we are their property, taking away our innocence?



Perfection is that to inspired with your self

Perfection is that to inspired with your self



Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one.

Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one.



People are like moths. First they are ugly and awkward, until they break out of their shell and become a beautiful butterfly.

People are like moths. First they are ugly and awkward, until they break out of their shell and become a beautiful butterfly.



Watch your thoughts. Every thought accepted as true is sent by your brain to your solar plexus - your abdominal brain - and is brought into your world as a reality.

Watch your thoughts. Every thought accepted as true is sent by your brain to your solar plexus - your abdominal brain - and is brought into your world as a reality.



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When we are bursting with some wordless experience, Art is our voice, the song of the heart.

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Blaming society makes it awfully easy for a person of weak character to shrug off his own responsibility for his actions.

Blaming society makes it awfully easy for a person of weak character to shrug off his own responsibility for his actions.




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