"He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense."

Plautus, Titus Maccius on price   

"The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover."

Addison, Joseph on friends and friendship
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"Fire is never a gentle master"

Proverb on fire   

"Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on flaws
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"Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them."

Amiel, Henri Frederic on fate
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"When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it right away."

Brand, Stewart on fantasy
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"Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods."

Aristotle on friends and friendship
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"A true friend is one soul in two bodies."

Aristotle on friends and friendship
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"Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."

Aristotle on friends and friendship
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"Can miles truly separate us from friends? If we want to be with someone we love, aren't we already there?"

Bach, Richard on friends and friendship
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"A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again."

Bagnold, Enid on fathers
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"Call no man your father upon the earth, for one is your Father, which is in heaven."

Bible on fathers   

"Whatever limits us we call fate."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on fate
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"Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one."

Franklin, Benjamin on want
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"Our necessities never equal our wants."

Franklin, Benjamin on want
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"I want to be what I was when I wanted to be what I am now."

Prince, Ray on want
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"It is far easier to make war than to make peace."

Clemenceau, Georges on war
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"The kiss. There are all sorts of kisses, lad, from the sticky confection to the kiss of death. Of them all, the kiss of an actress is the most unnerving. How can we tell if she means it or if she's just practicing?"

Gordon, Ruth on kisses and kissing
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"Oh what lies lurk in kisses!"

Heine, Heinrich on kisses and kissing
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"Never follow the crowd."

Baruch, Bernard M. on individuality
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"Follow your own star!"

Dante Alighieri on individuality
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"Every man must get to Heaven his own way."

Frederick The Great, (Frederick II) on individuality
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"Your labor only may be sold, your soul must not."

Ruskin, John on individuality
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"There used to be a real me, but I had it surgically removed."

Seller, Peter on individuality   

"Follow the crowd and you will never be followed by a crowd."

Unknown, Source on individuality   

"Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble."

Frakes, Dennis on names
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"Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress."

Chanel, Coco on elegance   

"My friends, there are no friends."

Chanel, Coco on friends and friendship   

"Now comes the mystery."

Beecher, Henry Ward on famous last words
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"Friends applaud, the comedy is over."

Beethoven, Ludwig Van on famous last words
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"The fog is rising."

Dickinson, Emily on famous last words
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"I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark."

Hobbes, Thomas on famous last words
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"Drink to me."

Picasso, Pablo on famous last words
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"I believe that every person is born with talent."

Angelou, Maya on talent
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"Your talent is God's gift to you; what you do with it is your gift to God."

Buscaglia, Leo on talent
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"Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy."

Half, Robert on talent
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"Accept everything about yourself -- I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end -- no apologies, no regrets."

Moustakas, Clark on acceptance
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"Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: I'm with you kid. Let's go."

Angelou, Maya on life
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"A physician can sometimes parry the scythe of death, but has no power over the sand in the hourglass."

Thrale, Hester i on death
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"As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; They kill us for their sport."

Shakespeare, William on death
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