if you are not allowed to touch the heart sometimes in spite of syntax, and are not to be loved until you… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
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The finished man of the world must eat of every apple at once. He must hold his hatreds also at arm's length,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In this world, unity is achievable only by learning to unite in spite of differences, rather than insisting on unity without differences.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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In spite of the frightful pogroms which took place, first in Poland and then in unprecedented fashion in the Ukraine, and which… — Denis Fahey Copy Share Image
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...in spite of the deep-seated craving for love, almost everything else is considered to be more important than love: success, prestige, money,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
In spite of their obvious differences, folk art and popular art have much in common; they are easy to understand, they are… — Gilbert Seldes Copy Share Image
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The willingness to face traumas - be they large, small, primitive or fresh - is the key to healing from them. They… — Mark Epstein Copy Share Image
Sleep is still most perfect, in spite of hygienists, when it is shared with a beloved. The warmth, the security and peace… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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It is frightfully hard to explain to Protestants that if you give Roman Catholics a good job and a good house, they… — Terence O Neill of the Maine Copy Share Image
When the rich and well-established, who should be generous, are instead spiteful and cruel, they make their behavior wretched and base in… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
We may see how miraculously God defends our people, and makes us hope that, in spite of the malice of our enemies,… — William the Silent Copy Share Image
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When you have dogs, you witness their uncomplaining acceptance of suffering, their bright desire to make the most of life in spite… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The words are very distinctly formed; but by the bodily ear they are not heard. They are, however, much more clearly understood… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Slowly, and in spite of anything we Americans do or do not do, it looks a little as if you and some… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
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Give us, O God, the vision which can see Your love in the world in spite of human failure. Give us the… — Frank Borman Copy Share Image
The ghetto was not only a place of refuge for a persecuted minority but a great experiment in peace, in self-discipline and… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
Art is very mysterious. I wonder if you can really do any damage to art. I think that when we're writing, something… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Out of pure spite we pretty much always said the opposite of what the other said, no matter what they said, only… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
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When, to gratify a private appetite, it is once resolved upon that an ignorant and helpless creature shall be sacrificed, it is… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
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