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The constant petty behests of life permit few opportunities for major satisfactions, and when one is offered it should be seized. — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
Neither men, nor gods, nor booksellers' shelves permit ordinary poets to exist. [Lat., Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere… — Horace Copy Share Image
I consider a good reputation is a great part of the human happiness. Some people, if they are very, very rich can… — Aristotle Onassis Copy Share Image
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long journeys are strange things: if we were always to continue in the same mind we are in at the end of… — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
Through positive thinking and related approaches, we seek the safety and solid ground of certainty, of knowing how the future will turn… — Oliver Burkeman Copy Share Image
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A man's sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions… He will always be attracted to the woman… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
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Winter is the time of promise because there is so little to do - or because you can now and then permit… — Stanley Crawford Copy Share Image
I call God long-suffering and patient precisely because He permits evil in the world. I know that He has no evil in… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Jennifer Merrick had stored all her tears inside her, and her pride and courage would never permit her to break down and… — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
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My first experience in the Netherlands was very pleasant, extremely pleasant. I mean, I got my residence permit, refugee status, within four… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
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The Gods and Goddesses of myth, legend and fairy tale represent archetypes, real potencies and potentialities deep within the psyche, which, when… — Margot Adler Copy Share Image
“There are three impossibilities in life: God cannot lie, God cannot change and finally, I cannot be a poor man.” — Ikechukwu Izuakor Copy Share Image
So it is the fear, weakness, selfishness, and cowardice of onlookers that permit evil behavior to persist. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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