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- And you must tell the child the legends I told you--as my mother told them to me and her mother to her. You must tell…
- If you love someone, you'd rather suffer the pain alone to spare them.
- It was so simple that a flash of astonishment that felt like pain shot through her head. Education! That was it! It was education that…
- It's come at last," she thought, "the time when you can no longer stand between your children and heartache. When there wasn't enough food in…
- Someday you'll remember what I said and you'll thank me for it." Francie wished adults would stop telling her that. Already the load of thanks…
- It doesn't take long to write things of which you know nothing. When you write of actual things, it takes longer, because you have to…
- It is a good thing to learn the truth one's self. To first believe with all your heart, and then not to believe, is good…
- Did you ever see so many pee-wee hats, Carl?" "They're beanies." "They call them pee-wees in Brooklyn." "But I'm not in Brooklyn." "But you're still…
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- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
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- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle