The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too

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Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.

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My friends, when I was young, were always older than I was, and I've always liked them. And I love old men and old ladies, really. But I've known more elderly men, like Max Beerbohm, like Beranard Berenson, like Somerset Maugham, Winston Churchill-I'd put him first, anyway-what they say is so wise and so good. They know what they're talking about.

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Almost every man we meet requires some civility; requires to be humored; - he has some fame, some talent, some whim of religion or philanthropy in his head that is not to be questioned, and which spoils all conversation with him. But a friend is a sane man who exercises not my ingenuity, but me. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Nothing causes more consternation in a group of hypocrits than one honest man.

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The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.

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If everything was perfect you would never learn and you would never grow. - Beyonce

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The fields were fruitful, and starving men moved on the roads.

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Done is better than perfect. - Sheryl Sandberg

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Whether life grinds a man down or polishes him depends on what he's made of.

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