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It is not the real punishment. The only effectual one, the only deterrent and softening one, lies in the recognition of sin… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Ive already told everybody that Ive moved on and that things are better off like this, that were just friends. But one… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Raphael, tell him you won’t do anything to him if I get ‘damaged.’ ” “That would be a lie, Elena. I would… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
O suffering, sad humanity! O ye afflicted ones, who lie Steeped to the lips in misery, Longing, yet afraid to die, Patient,… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
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My mother has a lot of sisters. They had very, very interesting conversations. Because I was a quiet child, I would sit… — Ayobami Adebayo Copy Share Image
Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
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We do not want an expanding struggle with consequences, that no one can perceive, nor will we bluster or bully or flaunt… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Everyone who’s born has come from the sea. Your mother’s womb is just a sea in small. And birds come of seas… — Timothy Findley Copy Share Image
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Adorn thyself with simplicity and with indifference towards the things which lie between virtue and vice. Love mankind. Follow God. The poet… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
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This is a moral universe, which means that, despite all the evidence that seems to be to the contrary, there is no… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
The American family is not simply changing; it is getting weaker. . . . Family decline drives some of our most urgent… — David Popenoe Copy Share Image
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What a fool, quoth he, am I, thus to lie in a stinking dungeon, when I may as well walk at liberty!… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
The poor are always ragged and dirty, in very picturesque clothes, and on their poor shoes lies the earth of the Lacustrine… — M. E. W. Sherwood Copy Share Image
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We spend our lives searching for something we think we don't have, something that will make us happy. But the key to… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
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