If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? ― William Shakespeare

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Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come--as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours. ― Thomas Fuller

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Do you know where your breakthrough begins? Your breakthrough begins where your excuses ends. ― Patience Johnson

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Happiness is not only a hope, but also in some strange manner a memory ... we are all kings in exile. ― G.K. Chesterton

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Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. ― Nelson Mandela

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Children must early learn the the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving. ― Charles Eastman

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You're going to pay a price for every bloody thing you do and everything you don't do. You don't get to choose to not pay a price. You get to choose which poison you're going to take. That's it. ― Jordan B. Peterson

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Happiness does not come from a job. It comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that’s consistent with those beliefs. ― Mike Rowe

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So many vaginas, stomachs, cocks, snouts, and flies you don't know what to do with them ... shovelsfull! ... but hearts? ... very rare! in the last five hundred million years too many cocks and gastric tubes to count ... but hearts? ... on your fingers!.

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Swords can win territories but not hearts, forces can bend heads but not minds. ― Mirza Tahir Ahmad

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