“Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.”
— Fay Weldon
Author: Fay Weldon
Category: nature
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We are sinful not only because we
“We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten of the Tree of Life. The state in which we are is sinful, irrespective of guilt.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: knowledge
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Fresh air is good if you do
“Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
Category: life
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Even in the common affairs of life,
“Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!”
— William Hazlitt
Author: William Hazlitt
Category: trust
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It is curious that, with my somewhat
“It is curious that, with my somewhat antinomian tendencies, I should have gone to Trinity Hall – which was, and is, before all a Law College – and should thus have been thrown into close touch with the legal element in life.”
— Edward Carpenter
Author: Edward Carpenter
Category: legal
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Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through
“Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.”
— Baltasar Gracian
Author: Baltasar Gracian
Category: teacher
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(On seeing a former lover for the
“(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.”
— Tallulah Bankhead
Author: Tallulah Bankhead
Category: time
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Success is the one unpardonable sin against
“Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.”
— Ambrose Bierce
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Category: success
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Every success in limiting armaments is a
“Every success in limiting armaments is a sign that the will to achieve mutual understanding exists, and every such success thus supports the fight for international law and order.”
— Ludwig Quidde
Author: Ludwig Quidde
Category: success
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I believe in pink. I believe that
“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. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.”
— Audrey Hepburn
Author: Audrey Hepburn
Category: inspirational
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Old age is not a matter for
“Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.”
— Thomas Carlyle
Author: Thomas Carlyle
Category: work
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