You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. — A.A. Mine

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It's a lucky man who leaves early from life's banquet, before he's drained to the dregs his goblet - full of wine; yes, it's a lucky man who has not read life's novel to the end, but has been wise enough to part with it abruptly - like me with my Onegin.

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

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Religion is the opium of the masses.

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There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.

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The harder you fall, the heavier your heart the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal. ― Criss Jami

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You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. – A.A. Mine

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Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.

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You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.

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Sometimes I dread the truth of the lines I say. But the dread must never show.

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