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Doe Quotes by May Sarton
- When addressed, a Gentleman Cat does not move a muscle. He looks as if he hasn't heard.
- A man with a talent does what is expected of him, makes his way, constructs, is an engineer, a composer, a builder of bridges. It's…
- "How does one grow up?" I asked a friend. She answered, "By thinking!"
- It is only when we can believe that we are creating the soul that life has any meaning, but when we can believe it -…
- Does one come to enjoy even the hardships that help make one the person one is? Or is it that the past becomes a legend…
- A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.
- Does anything in nature despair except man? An animal with a foot caught in a trap does not seem to despair. It is too busy…
- One has only to set a loved human being against the fact that we are all in peril all the time to get back a…
- One does not "find oneself" by pursuing one's self, but on the contrary by pursuing something else and learning through discipline or routine. . .…
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- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Nature does nothing in vain. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- True information does good. — Julian Assange
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad
- No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy… — Francis of Assisi
- Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything… — Francis of Assisi