A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover - but will sooner or later find a tyrant.

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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams.

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Life shrinks or expands in proportion with one’s courage. — Anaïs Nin

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We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.

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Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.

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Never finish a negative statement; reverse it immediately, and wonders will happen in your life. - Joseph Murphy

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I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse. — Florence Nightingale

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The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference. ― Elie Wiesel

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Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

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Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.― Mark Twain

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