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Her lips are roses over-washed with dew, Or like the purple of Narcissus' flower; No frost their fair, no wind doth waste…
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The quiet mind is richer than a crown....Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such bliss beggars enjoy when princes oft do…
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People are more complicated than the masks they wear in society.
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Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative on his…
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When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.
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When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations…
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If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Timidity…
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Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
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Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
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Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and…
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There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous.
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Never assume that the person you are dealing with is weaker or less important than you are. Some people are slow to…
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But it is a pretty thing to see what money will do!
— Seneca the Younger
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What a pretty thing man is when he goes in his doublet and hose and leaves off his wit!
— William Shakespeare
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In a weird way, it’s kind of a relief to think, ‘Oh, I know I’m not that young sort of pretty thing…
— Jude Law
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Ah! what is love! It is a pretty thing, As sweet unto a shepherd as a king, And sweeter too; For kings…
— Robert Greene
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They say that when you’re really in love, the world becomes gossamer and gorgeous, but in my experience the world gets grimy,…
— Daniel Handler
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I used to be prettier than I am, but I think I look better now. I was a pretty boy. Particularly in…
— Christopher Walken
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I'd prefer not to be the pretty thing in a film. It's such a bloody responsibility to look cute, because people know…
— Minnie Driver
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The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter…
— Joseph Conrad
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Hey, pretty thing," he said. "What's in the bag?" "Holy water," said Jace, reappearing beside her as if he'd been conjured up…
— Cassandra Clare
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Happiness is a very pretty thing to feel, but very dry to talk about.
— Jeremy Bentham
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Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and our bounds. Life is a pretty thing…
— Jose Ortega Y Gasset
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