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Them Quotes by Boris Pasternak
- All mothers are mothers of great people, and it is not their fault that life later disappoints them.
- Salvation lies not in the faithfulness to forms, but in the liberation from them.
- I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty…
- A conscious attempt to fall asleep is sure to produce insomnia, to try to be conscious of one's own digestion is a sure way to…
- Reshaping life! People who can say that have never understood a thing about life—they have never felt its breath, its heartbeat—however much they have seen…
- He is her glory. Any woman could say it. For every one of them, God is in her child. Mothers of great men must have…
- They loved each other, not driven by necessity, by the "blaze of passion" often falsely ascribed to love. They loved each other because everything around…
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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
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- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster