I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones. And I thought that if the point were demonstrated in a situation as extreme as that in a concentration camp, my book might gain a hearing. I therefore felt responsible for writing down what I had gone through, for I thought it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair. ~Viktor E. Frankl
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Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan Proverb
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself. ~Edgar Degas
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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I don't mean to imply that we are in imminent danger of being wiped off the face of the earth; at least, not on account of global warming. But climate change does confront us with profound new realities. We face these new realities as a nation, as members of the world community, as consumers, as producers, and as investors. And unless we do a better job of adjusting to these new realities, we will pay a heavy price. We may not suffer the fate of the dinosaurs. But there will be a toll on our environment and on our economy, and the toll will rise higher with each new generation. ~Eileen Claussen
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Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him; and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of vengeance, of black-mail, of recovering one's self-respect. Loyalty, not love. ~Alberto Moravia
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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Don't be afraid to hit the ball. ~Billie Jean King
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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Beggars can't be choosers. ~English Proverb
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