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    André Maurois
    “In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.”
    ― André Maurois
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    Robert Louis Stevenson
    “We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.”
    ― Robert Louis Stevenson
    tags: friend, honesty
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    Mark Twain
    “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom
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    If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use
    “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: books, reading
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    Charles William Eliot
    “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
    ― Charles W. Eliot
    tags: books, friends, reading, teachers
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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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    Oscar Wilde
    “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
    tags: inspirational, optimism, perception, pessimism
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    Winston S. Churchill
    “Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
    ― Winston S. Churchill
    tags: truth
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    Katherine Reay
    “I fare better being surprised by hope rather than being fooled by reality.”
    ― Katherine Reay, The Berlin Letters
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    “Where all was free, is free no more.”
    ― San Mateo, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
    tags: free, indigenous, nature, sacred
    80 likes

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    Groucho Marx
    “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: books, humor, reading, television
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    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    “The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
    And all the sweet serenity of books”
    ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    tags: books, learning, love, serenity
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    Shantel Tessier
    “It doesn’t matter if your heart breaks a hundred times. You’ll eventually open your heart to that one person who makes all that pain go away. It’ll be that one love that’s worth it.”
    ― Shantel Tessier, Dash
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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    Munshi Premchand
    “Beauty doesn't need ornaments. Softness can't bear the weight of ornaments.”
    ― Munshi Premchand
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: animals, ethics, gandhi, morals
    2566 likes

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    Amanda Gorman
    “We've learned that quiet isn't always peace.”
    ― Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry
    tags: life, moments, time, time-passing, tribulations, war
    71 likes

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    Matthew Edward Hall
    “Mining lead is alchemically injecting suffering and aggression into the veins of tomorrow.”
    ― Matthew Edward Hall, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
    tags: alchemy, environment, healing, health
    159 likes

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    Mark Twain
    “Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: truth
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    Mark Twain
    “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life
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    Henry David Thoreau
    “A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.”
    ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods
    tags: afford, let-alone, natural, rich, wealth
    693 likes

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  • #22
    “The longer you went without speaking, the harder it gets to break the silence.”
    ― Richard Bachman, The Long Walk
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    Elbert Hubbard
    “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
    ― Elbert Hubbard
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    Matthew Edward Hall
    “Earth Breathes in Us.”
    ― Matthew Edward Hall
    tags: air, earth, environmentalism, love, native-american, nature, peace, spiritual, unity
    266 likes

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    Matthew Edward Hall
    “To disassociate darkness from evil.”
    ― Matthew Edward Hall, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
    tags: anti-racism, night, peaceful, spirituality
    133 likes

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    Mehmet Murat ildan
    “The most precious light is the one that visits you in your darkest hour!”
    ― Mehmet Murat ildan
    tags: darkness, darkness-and-light, darkness-quotes, ildan-wisdom, ildan-wise-sayings, ildan-words, light, light-and-darkness, light-quotes, lights, mehmet-murat-ildan-quotations, mehmet-murat-ildan-quotes, precious, precious-things, precious-things-in-life, turkish-authors, turkish-literature, turkish-playwrights, turkish-quotations, turkish-quotes, turkish-wisdom-words, turkish-writers
    68 likes

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    Thomas Sowell
    “Intellect is not wisdom.”
    ― Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society
    tags: intellectuals, society
    283 likes

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    Jess Walter
    “But I think some people wait forever, and only at the end of their lives do they realize that their life has happened while they were waiting for it to start.”
    ― Jess Walter, Beautiful Ruins
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    Cassandra Clare
    “Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”
    ― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
    tags: books, literature, philosphy, poetry, reading
    15840 likes

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    Daniel Kahneman
    “Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it”
    ― Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow
    tags: focusing-illusion
    556 likes



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