I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota. - Gustave Courbet

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Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. Marcus Aurelius

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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.

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Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life.- John Wooden

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Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

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Life is tough my darling, but so are you. — ​Stephanie Bennett Henry

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There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. - Albert Schweitzer

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I always like to look on the optimistic side of life. — Walt Disney

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When you stop doing things for fun you might as well be dead.

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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. — Laozi

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