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Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance, the lasting perfume
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A Peck of Gold
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The cat could very well be (wo)man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it
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If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
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A true portrait should, today and a hundred years from today, the Testimony of how this person looked and what kind of human being he was. ~more in comments
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Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable
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“To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest”
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Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow
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Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows.
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An expert is a man who tells you a simple thing in a confused way in such a fashion as to make you think the confusion is your own fault
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The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
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Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity
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The difference between friends and pets is that friends we allow into our company, pets we allow into our solitude.
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It is never too late to be what you might have been.
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"There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that ones sees the world entire."
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And by and by Christopher Robin came to an end of things, and he was silent, and he sat there, looking out over the world, just wishing it wouldn't stop.
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When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.”
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Then we began to ride. My soul smooth’d itself out, a long-cramp’s scroll freshening anf fluttering in the wind.
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The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
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“You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”
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The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is in love, laughter, and work.”
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“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
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Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.”
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Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh!" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you."
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Let go of the past and go for the future. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined.
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In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
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Madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push!
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"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls.
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Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. It does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself and is not thereby diminished
