"People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned."

Baldwin, James on abuse
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"Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear."

Aurelius, Marcus on endurance
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"Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."

Augustine, St. on understanding
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"Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others."

Augustine, St. on service
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"This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections."

Augustine, St. on perfection
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"Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature."

Augustine, St. on miracles
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"If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times."

Augustine, St. on longevity
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"Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility."

Augustine, St. on leadership
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"It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels."

Augustine, St. on humility
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"He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king."

Augustine, St. on freedom
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"Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe."

Augustine, St. on faith
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"Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder."

Aquinas, St. Thomas on philosophers and philosophy
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"Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious."

Aquinas, St. Thomas on friends and friendship
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"Beauty is one of the rare things that do not lead to doubt of God."

Anouilh, Jean on beauty
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"Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time."

Aurelius, Marcus on fate
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"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."

Aurelius, Marcus on fear
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"There is a period of life when we swallow knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside."

Bailey, Pearl on knowledge   

"The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love."

Bailey, Pearl on love
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"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library."

Austin, Jane on books - reading
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"Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often considerable."

Austen, Jane on surprises
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"There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person."

Austen, Jane on reserve
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"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man is in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

Austen, Jane on bachelor
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"For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?"

Austen, Jane on neighbors
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"Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of."

Austen, Jane on judgment and judges
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"The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts."

Aurelius, Marcus on thoughts
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"I have often wondered how it is everyone loves himself more than the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than the opinions of others."

Aurelius, Marcus on self-esteem
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"The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing; the main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unseen attack."

Aurelius, Marcus on life
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"Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil."

Aurelius, Marcus on evil
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"Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain."

Aurelius, Marcus on focus
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"We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders."

Angelou, Maya on isolation
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"My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return."

Angelou, Maya on hope
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"Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won."

Alcott, Louisa May on reform
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"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts."

Aristotle on
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"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self."

Aristotle on self-control
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"Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions."

Aristotle on evolution
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"Anyone can become angry -- that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way -- this is not easy."

Aristotle on anger
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"It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully."

Aristotle on lies and lying
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"We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace."

Aristotle on leisure
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"A true friend is one soul in two bodies."

Aristotle on friends and friendship
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"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."

Aristotle on excellence
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