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Oh, what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour!: Aphra Behn
Make your own recovery the first priority in your life.: Robin Norwood
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True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home.: John Hay (1838 - 1905), Distichs, latter 19th century
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Hold a true friend with both hands.: Nigerian Proverb
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Love can be sordid only if you work at it.: Brooke McEldowney, 9 Chickweed Lane, 05-10-2006
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.: Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
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Beware the pull on your heartstrings -- it's often the pursestrings that are actually being reached for.: Barbara Mikkelson, snopes.com, May 15, 2001
The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.: Casey Stengel (1890 - 1975)
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I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the world.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915
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That was the worst part about having cancer, sometimes: The physical evidence of disease separates you from other people.: John Green (1977 - ), The Fault in Our Stars, 2012
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Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only for wallowing in.: Katherine Mansfield (1888 - 1923)
A short saying oft contains much wisdom.: Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC)
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He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.: Gail Godwin
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I think there's a god and I know it's not me.: Michael J. Fox (1961 - ), Good Housekeeping, June 2011
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Power never takes a back step - only in the face of more power.: Malcolm X (1925 - 1965), Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
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New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom you shouldn't make a sudden move.: David Letterman (1947 - )
Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst.: Lin Yutang
Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as a sweet-smelling flower.: Jean Paul Richter (1763 - 1825)
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Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind.: Chinese Proverb
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