"Many lick before they bite."

Proverb on flattery
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"I do desire we may be better strangers."

Shakespeare, William on anger
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"For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night."

Shakespeare, William on deception
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"What most men desire is a virgin who is a whore."

Dahlberg, Edward on lust
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"Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft."

Ovid on art   

"You will find that silence or very gentle words are the most exquisite revenge for insult."

Hall, Judge on insults   

"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control and a little hard to handle, but if you can't handle me at my worst, you sure the hell don't deserve me at my best."

Monroe, Marilyn on self-approval
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"Few people can distinguish the genuinely good from the reverse."

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) on character   

"When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves."

Confucius on character
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"It is within the experience of everyone that when pleasure and pain reach a certain intensity they are indistinguishable."

Bennett, Arnold on pleasure   

"Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks."

Johnson, Samuel on pleasure   

"To take refuge with an inferior is to betray one's self."

Syrus, Publilius on association
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"Speak of the Devil and he appears."

Proverb, Italian on evil
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"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate."

Jung, Carl on fate
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"It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible."

Wilde, Oscar on appearance
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"Our real blessings often appear to us in the shapes of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience, and we soon shall see them in their proper figures"

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"The devil has the power to assume a pleasing shape."

Shakespeare, William on evil
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"No one but a fool is always right."

Hare, David on fools and foolishness
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"We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows."

Frost, Robert on secrets
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"Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights."

Gibran, Kahlil on silence
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"Silence is the true friend that never betrays."

Confucius on silence
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"Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain."

Tennyson, Lord Alfred on pain
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"Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain."

Lee, Robert E. on wisdom
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"Evil is nourished and grows by concealment."

Virgil on evil
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"Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship."

Wilde, Oscar on women
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"We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone."

Welles, Orson on isolation
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"In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love."

Byron, Lord on passion
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"The love we give away is the only love we keep."

Hubbard, Elbert on love
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"SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense"

Butterworth, Eric on sin
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"A woman's life is a history of the affections."

Irving, Washington on affection
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"Women keep a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed."

Skinner, Cornelia Otis on sin
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"Evil spelled backward is live."

Unknown, Source on evil
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"Our greatest evils flow from ourselves."

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on evil
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"Evil is easy, and has infinite forms."

Pascal, Blaise on evil   

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"Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table."

Auden, W. H. on evil
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"The path is smooth that leadeth on to danger."

Shakespeare, William on risk
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"She feared no danger, for she knew no sin."

Dryden, John on sin
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"The most dangerous thing is illusion."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on anger
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"Danger and delight grow on one stalk."

Proverb, Scottish on anger   

"Between lovers a little confession is a dangerous thing."

Rowland, Helen on love
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