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A smile remains the most inexpensiv gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms. — Og Mandino
And yet, unless my senses deceive me, the old centuries had, and have, powers of their own which mere 'modernity' cannot kill. — Bram Stoker
What men and women need is encouragement. Their natural resisting powers should be strengthened, not weakened ... Instead of always harping on a man's faults,… — Eleanor Porter
The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence. — John F. Kennedy
We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us for our good; so find we profit By losing of… — William Shakespeare
How much evil throughout history could have been avoided had people exercised their moral acuity with convictional courage and said to the powers that be,… — Joel Salatin
hither,hither, from thy home,airy sprite, i bid thee come! born of roses, fed on dew, charms and potions canst thow brew? bring me here, with… — Louisa May Alcott
It is because good is always stronger than evil. Always remember that, Antonio. The smallest bit of good can stand against all the powers of… — Rudolfo Anaya
This is peculiarly an age in which each of us may, if he do but search diligently, find the literature suited to his mental powers. — P.G. Wodehouse
It is more than probable that I am not understood; but I fear, indeed, that it is in no manner possible to convey to the… — Edgar Allan Poe
She was like me in lineaments-- her eyes Her hair, her features, all, to the very tone Even of her voice, they said were like… — Lord Byron
Until then I had thought each book spoke of the things, human or divine, that lie outside books. Now I realized that not infrequently books… — Umberto Eco
Love may, indeed, love the beloved when her beauty is lost: but not because it is lost. Love may forgive all infirmities and love still… — C.S. Lewis
I cry. Evil dissolves, and love, like foam; that love. Prattle of children powers me home, my heart claps like the swanâ€™s under a frenzy… — John Berryman
A perfect writer would make words sing, dance, kiss, do the male and female act, bear children, weep, bleed, rage, stab, steal, fire cannon, steer… — Walt Whitman
Other crack teams get bat boomerangs and wall-climbing powers; we get Aquatruck. — Cassandra Clare
To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world. — George Santayana
Of the two powers, the two categories that take possession of us when we enter the world, space is by far the less mysterious. .… — Stanislaw Lem
In mythos and fairy tales, deities and other great spirits test the hearts of humans by showing up in various forms that disguise their divinity.… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
no subject of study is more important than readingâ€¦all other intellectual powers depend on it. — Jacques Barzun

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