"He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it."

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"It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness."

Confucius on complaints and complaining
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"Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing."

Confucius on worry
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"Most people would rather give than get affection."

Aristotle on affection
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"In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels."

Austen, Jane on affection
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"The heart will break, but broken live on."

Byron, Lord on art
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"The heart always sees before than the head can see."

Carlyle, Thomas on art
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"Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings."

Chesterfield, Lord on art   

"Their is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect."

Chesterton, Gilbert K. on art
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"The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers."

Chopra, Deepak on art
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"Within your heart, keep one still, secret spot where dreams may go."

Driscoll, Louise on art
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"Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts."

Einstein, Albert on art
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"Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words"

Caddy, Eileen on self-control
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"Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom's root."

Burns, Robert on self-control   

"When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something."

Browning, Robert on self-control
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"A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well."

Alcott, Louisa May on self-control
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"Do not worry about whether or not the sun will rise. Be prepared to enjoy it."

Unknown, Source on worry
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"Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact."

Dietrich, Marlene on sex
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"No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it."

Dworkin, Andrea on sex   

"Sex is two plus two making five, rather than four. Sex is the X ingredient that you can't define, and it's that X ingredient between two people that make both a man and a woman good in bed. It's all relative. There are no rules."

Feldman, Marty on sex
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"Whoever named it necking is a poor judge of anatomy."

Marx, Groucho on sex
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"Skill makes love unending."

Ovid on sex
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"Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go it's one of the best."

Unknown, Source on sex
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"Sex is like money; only too much is enough."

Updike, John on sex
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"Sex is a conversation carried out by other means. If you get on well out of bed, half the problems of bed are solved."

Ustinov, Peter on sex
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"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."

Aristotle on love
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"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart."

Aurelius, Marcus on love
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"When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them."

Buber, Martin on love
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"If you are right, take the humble side -- you will help the other fellow. If you are wrong, take the humble side -- and you will help yourself."

Unknown, Source on humility
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"Appearances are deceptive."

Aesop on appearance
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"Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth."

Aesop on appearance
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"Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory."

Ashe, Arthur on appearance
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"Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance"

Beecher, Henry Ward on appearance
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"Think not I am what I appear."

Byron, Lord on appearance
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"You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are."

Cohen, Herb on appearance
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"You are only what you are when no one is looking."

Edwards, Robert C. on appearance
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"He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it."

Fuller, Thomas on appearance
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"Things are seldom what they seem."

Gilbert, W. S. on appearance   

"Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance."

La Fontaine, Jean De on appearance
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"The Lord prefers common looking people. That is why he made so many of them."

Lincoln, Abraham on appearance