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“Women Rule,” that’s the way I see it. “Beside every great man there is a powerful woman. The same does not hold true for every successful woman. A lot of us are single because men want to wear the pants, even if they didn’t buy them.”
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“The weak forgive none,
the strong forgive some,
the great forgive many,
and the enlightened forgive all.
Trust unites,
fear divides,
mercy heals,
and love conquers.”
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the strong forgive some,
the great forgive many,
and the enlightened forgive all.
Trust unites,
fear divides,
mercy heals,
and love conquers.”
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“Understanding is fortune.
Ignorance is poverty.
Intuition is treasure.
Wisdom is wealth.
Anticipation is fortune.
Fear is poverty.
Hope is treasure.
Faith is wealth.
Comfort is fortune.
Envy is poverty.
Contentment is treasure.
Fulfilment is wealth.
Charity is fortune.
Avarice is poverty.
Peace is treasure.
Happiness is wealth.
Friendship is fortune.
Hatred is poverty.
Kindness is treasure.
Love is wealth.”
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Ignorance is poverty.
Intuition is treasure.
Wisdom is wealth.
Anticipation is fortune.
Fear is poverty.
Hope is treasure.
Faith is wealth.
Comfort is fortune.
Envy is poverty.
Contentment is treasure.
Fulfilment is wealth.
Charity is fortune.
Avarice is poverty.
Peace is treasure.
Happiness is wealth.
Friendship is fortune.
Hatred is poverty.
Kindness is treasure.
Love is wealth.”
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“There is a fine line between:
ego and confidence,
weakness and cowardice,
piety and self-righteousness,
lust and infatuation,
patience and procrastination,
contentment and apathy,
fear and hatred,
greed and ambition,
sin and pleasure,
want and need,
and hope and delusion.
There is also a fine line between:
sleep and death,
rest and idleness,
envy and desire,
noise and music,
sight and blindness,
respect and idolatry,
poverty and crime,
corruption and equality,
tyranny and despair,
religion and exploitation,
and freewill and destiny.”
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ego and confidence,
weakness and cowardice,
piety and self-righteousness,
lust and infatuation,
patience and procrastination,
contentment and apathy,
fear and hatred,
greed and ambition,
sin and pleasure,
want and need,
and hope and delusion.
There is also a fine line between:
sleep and death,
rest and idleness,
envy and desire,
noise and music,
sight and blindness,
respect and idolatry,
poverty and crime,
corruption and equality,
tyranny and despair,
religion and exploitation,
and freewill and destiny.”
―
“I was taught by family at ten.
I was taught by books at twenty.
I was taught by enemies at thirty.
I was taught by nature at forty.
I was taught by life at fifty.
At ten, I was foolish.
At twenty, I was naïve.
At thirty, I was alert.
At forty, I was experienced.
At fifty, I was wise.”
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I was taught by books at twenty.
I was taught by enemies at thirty.
I was taught by nature at forty.
I was taught by life at fifty.
At ten, I was foolish.
At twenty, I was naïve.
At thirty, I was alert.
At forty, I was experienced.
At fifty, I was wise.”
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