"Give help rather than advice."

Vauvenargues, Marquis De on advice
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"To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die."

Vauvenargues, Marquis De on immortality
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"But thy eternal summer shall not fade."

Shakespeare, William on immortality
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"The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one."

James, William on immortality
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"He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt."

Heller, Joseph on immortality   

"What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, is a sense of purpose and meaning"

Angelis, Barbara De on purpose
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"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."

Malcolm X on purpose
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"Emotions have taught mankind to reason."

Vauvenargues, Marquis De on emotions
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"There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do."

Vauvenargues, Marquis De on motivation
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"Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good."

Vauvenargues, Marquis De on ability
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"Of all pleasures the fruit of labor is the sweetest."

Vauvenargues, Marquis De on work   

"Vice stirs up war, virtue fights."

Vauvenargues, Marquis De on vice   

"All grand thoughts come from the heart."

Vauvenargues, Marquis De on thoughts and thinking   

"When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected."

Vauvenargues, Marquis De on simplicity
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"The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success."

Vauvenargues, Marquis De on risk   

"One promises much, to avoid giving little."

Vauvenargues, Marquis De on promises   

"You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character."

Vauvenargues, Marquis De on motivation   

"It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience."

Caesar, Julius on pain
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"As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days."

Barzan, Gerald on past
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"Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting, but never hit soft."

Roosevelt, Theodore on strength
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"War is like love, it always finds a way."

Brecht, Bertolt on war
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"War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can."

Churchill, Winston on war
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"Faults are beauties in a lovers eye."

Theocritus on faults
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"Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is."

Camus, Albert on action
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"But when I don't smoke I scarcely feel as if I'm living. I don't feel as if I'm living unless I'm killing myself."

Hoban, Russell on smoking
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"The king-times are fast finishing. There will be blood shed like water, and tears like mist; but the peoples will conquer in the end. I shall not live to see it, but I foresee it."

Byron, Lord on republican   

"Denial ain't just a river in Egypt."

Frank, Al on denial
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"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

Niebuhr, Reinhold on change
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"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

Bueller, Ferris on   

"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood."

Curie, Madame Marie on life
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"The imaginary friends I had as a kid dropped me because their friends thought I didn't exist."

Machado, Aaron on friends and friendship
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"Lord, let me live until I die."

Rogers, Will on famous last words
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"Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for."

Hammarskjold, Dag on purpose
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"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars."

Brown, Les on excellence
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"For everything you have missed, you have gained something else; and for everything you gain, you lose something else."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on compensation
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"If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun."

Hepburn, Katharine on rules
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"We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction."

Aesop on enemies
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"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."

Peart, Neil on choice
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"First appearance deceives many."

Phaedrus on appearance
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"An alliance with a powerful person is never safe."

Phaedrus on agreement
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