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#1

“There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.”
― Beatrix Potter

tags: writing

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#2

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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#3

“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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#4

“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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#5

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

tags: humor, life

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#6

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish

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#7

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus

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#8

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

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#9

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning

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#10

“Make foes of bowmen if you must,
Never of penmen.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

tags: strategy, virtue, writers

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#11

“It is compassion, the most gracious of virtues,
Which moves the world.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

tags: compassion, virtue

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#12

“Those who have wisdom have all:
Fools with all have nothing.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

tags: virtue, wisdom

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#13

“When the rare chance comes, seize it
To do the rare deed.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

tags: time, virtue

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#14

“Those are fools however learned
Who have not learned to walk with the world.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

tags: learning, right-conduct, virtue

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#15

“Folded hands may conceal a dagger --
Likewise a foe's tears.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

tags: false-friends, virtue

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#16

“அன்பிலார் எல்லாம் தமக்குரியர் அன்புடையார்
என்பும் உரியர் பிறர்க்கு.”
― Thiruvalluvar

tags: love, tamil, thirukkural, valluvar

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#17

“கற்க கசடறக் கற்பவை கற்றபின்
நிற்க அதற்குத் தக.”
― Thiruvalluvar, Thirukkural

tags: tamil, thirukkural, thiruvalluvar, அரச-யல, க-றள-391-400, கல-வ, ப-ர-ட-ப-ல

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#18

“Although an act of help done timely, might be small in nature, it is truly larger than the world itself.”
― Thiruvalluvar, Thirukkural

tags: help, helpful, helping, helping-hand, helping-others

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#19

“Foolish people inflict pain upon them self which is worse than what an enemy can bring upon.”
― Thiruvalluvar, Thirukkural

tags: fool, idiotic, incautious, mindless, pain, unintelligent, unwise, worse

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#20

“கண்ணுடையர் என்பவர் கற்றோர் முகத்திரண்டு
புண்ணுடையர் கல்லா தவர்.”
― Thiruvalluvar, Thirukkural

tags: education, tamil, thirukkural, thiruvalluvar

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#21

“Consider a man’s good qualities, and consider his faults; and judge his character by that which is more.”
― Thiruvalluvar, Thirukkural

tags: character, consider, faults, friendship, judge, man, qualities, relationship, wise-man

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#22

“அன்போடு இயைந்த வழக்கென்ப ஆருயிர்க்கு
என்போடு இயைந்த தொடர்பு.”
― Thiruvalluvar, Thirukkural

tags: anbu, love, thirukkural

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#23

“Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:

- I shall not fear anyone on Earth.
- I shall fear only God.
- I shall not bear ill will toward anyone.
- I shall not submit to injustice from anyone.
- I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: bravery, god, goodness, humanity, justice, kindness, peace, suffering

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#24

“The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

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#25

“Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.”
― Mae West

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#26

“All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable."

REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.

"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—"

YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.

"So we can believe the big ones?"

YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.

"They're not the same at all!"

YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.

"Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point—"

MY POINT EXACTLY.”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

tags: belief, justice, lies, mercy, truth

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#27

“I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

tags: anger, azkaban, harry-potter, justice, murder, revenge, sirius-black, wormtail

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#28

“Truth never damages a cause that is just.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: honesty, justice, secrecy, transparency, truth, truth-telling

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