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The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. — Elizabeth Bishop
A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof. The throwing… — William Hazlitt
Tis this desire of bending all things to our own purposes which turns them into confusion and is the chief source of every error in… — Sarah Fielding
If we will be true and faithful to our principles, committed to a life of honesty and integrity, then no king or contest or fiery… — Howard W. Hunter
EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc. — Ambrose Bierce
Weep for me, whoever has charity, truth and justice! I did not come on this voyage for gain, honor or wealth, that is certain; for… — Christopher Columbus
When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to [profess] things he does not believe, he has prepared… — Thomas Paine
There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power. — Leo Durocher
In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot. — Henry Ward Beecher
After 50 years, is it not clear that God has raised up new illnesses connected with fornication? From where do these things come if not… — John Calvin
If we were never depressed we would not be alive - - only material things don't suffer depression. If human beings were not capable of… — Oswald Chambers
Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to… — Teresa of Avila
All lovely things will have an ending, all lovely things will fade and die; and youth, that's now so bravely spending, Will beg a penny… — Conrad Aiken
Your first task is to be dissatisfied with yourself, fight sin, and transform yourself into something better. Your second task is to put up with… — Saint Augustine
We must learn to suffer what we cannot evade; our life, like the harmony of the world, is composed of contrary things, and one part… — Michel de Montaigne
Women forget all the things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget. — Zora Neale Hurston
Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul. — Frances E. Willard
I'm fascinated by the sprinters. They suffer so much during the race just to get to the finish, they hang on for dear life in… — Miguel Indurain
I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet. — Adelaide Anne Procter
Perfection is no small thing, but it is made up of small things. — Michelangelo

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