Life is not a beauty contest, some [ugly people] are great. What I hate is nasty, ugly people... the worst is ugly, short men. Women can be short, but for men it is impossible. It is something that they will not forgive in life... they are mean and they want to kill you.

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Young men not ought to marry yet, and old men never ought to marry at all.

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It is all right to make mistakes; nothing is perfect because with perfection, we would not exist.

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A father’s tears and fears are unseen, his love is unexpressed, but his care and protection remains as a pillar of strength throughout our lives. — Ama H. Vanniarachchy

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Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure.

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Being happy isn’t having everything in your life be perfect. Maybe it’s about stringing together all the little things. – Ann Brashares

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All the gold in the world cannot buy a dying man one more breath--so what does that make today worth?

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There are two distinct classes of men - those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.

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The wiser a man becomes, the more he will read, and those who are wisest read most.

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I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put him in a good house, and he will die of despair.

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