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In school, we first learn the lessons and then take the test. In life, it's the opposite – first comes the test, and then we learn the lesson.
Unfortunately... Often, when we are kind, we are not remembered, but when we are bad, we are never forgotten...
Three golden rules of language: - Think about what you say. - Don't say what you don't mean. - Don't say everything you think.
He that does good to another does good also to himself.
Seneca
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Jimi Hendrix
Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
Epictetus
Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.
Thucydides
Work on purifying your thoughts. If you have no bad thoughts, there will be no bad deeds.
Confucius
Never listen to people who speak badly of others and good of you.
Leo Tolstoy
Open your mind before your mouth.
Aristophanes
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
Confucius
Whatever you are, be a good one.
Abraham Lincoln
Men exist for the sake of one another.
Marcus Aurelius
The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why.
Mark Twain
We all know that light travels faster than sound. That's why certain people appear bright until you hear them speak.
Albert Einstein
Abba Anthony said, "A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him saying, 'You are mad, you are not like us.'"
Anthony the Great
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
Socrates
If people could realize that we are merely passing through this Earth... That we are guests here... That every meeting with an acquaintance or a friend could be the last, they would be more humble and less cruel.
It's easy to look sharp when you haven't done any work.
A person often overestimates what they don't have... And underestimates what they do have.
Being with no one is better than being with the wrong one. Sometimes those who fly solo have the strongest wings.
Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
Marlene Dietrich
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
Sigmund Freud
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