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22 quotesA man can keep a secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.
Secrets
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A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves.
self-esteem
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A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.
Greatness
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All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.
Unhappiness
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At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.
Love
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Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.
Children
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If poverty is the mother of crime, lack of good sense is the father.
Crime and Criminals
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If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.
Death and Dying
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It requires more than mere genius to be an author.
Writers and Writing
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Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.
Generosity
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Mockery is often the result of a poverty of wit.
Ridicule
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Out of difficulties grow miracles.
Miracles
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Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.
Manners
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The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.
Law and Lawyers
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The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.
Friends and Friendship
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The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.
Critics and Criticism
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The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.
Education
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The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.
Misers and Misery
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The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
Bores and Boredom
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They that have lived a single day have lived an age.
Life and Living
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Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker
Time and Time Management
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We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued.
self-esteem
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun