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Think before you speak. Read before you think.

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Bitter your acts, bitter am I,
Kindness your deeds, kindness am I,
Pleasant and gentle, so you are,
Fine honeyed lips and sweet talker.

Rumi

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Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

John Lennon

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It is very hard to be brave," said Piglet, sniffing slightly, "when you're only a Very Small Animal."

Rabbit, who had begun to write very busily, looked up and said: "It is because you are a very small animal that you will be Useful in the adventure before us.

Benjamin Hoff

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Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.

Orison Swett Marden

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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Truman Capote

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The small wisdom is like water in a glass:
clear, transparent, pure.
The great wisdom is like the water in the sea:
dark, mysterious, impenetrable.