Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

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Experience is a truer guide than the words of others.

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All thoughts start from emotions.

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Be a mirror, absorb everything around you and still remain the same

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Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

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The wisest and noblest teacher is nature itself.

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I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

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It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

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There is nothing which deceives us as much as our own judgement.

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Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

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