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As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.
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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
-- George Bernard Shaw Love may be a dream but marriage is a nightmare.
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The difference between a man who faces death for the sake of an idea and an imitator who goes
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-- Epicurus Hell is a half-filled auditorium.
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"Even a stopped clock is right twice a day." (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach) A university professor set an examination question in which he asked what is the difference
between ignorance and apathy. The professor had to give an A+ to a student who answered: I
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-- George R. Kirkpatrick Travel and Tourism
Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back.
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-- H. L. Mencken Travel and Tourism
When you're experimenting you have to try so many things before you choose what you want,
and you may go days getting nothing but exhaustion.
-- Fred Astaire Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to
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-- George Bernard Shaw Love is blind -- marriage is the eye-opener.
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- Arthur Schopenhauer Travel and Tourism
