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"No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted."

Unknown, Source on adversity
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"Nothing bad ever happens without equal or growth"

Unknown, Source on adversity
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"It's not a slam at you when people are rude -- it's a slam at the people they've met before."

Unknown, Source on abuse
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"Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for; He who has God Finds he lacks nothing;"

Unknown, Source on abundance
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"No one can make us angry. People can say and do things to us but it is still up to us as individuals to do what we want with our emotions in response to those things."

Unknown, Source on anger
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"To fear death is to misunderstand life."

Unknown, Source on death
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"Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads."

Jong, Erica on talent
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"Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists. When we are parted, we each feel the lack of the other half of ourselves. We are incomplete like a book in two volumes of which the first has been lost. That is what I imagine love to be: incompleteness in absence."

Goncourt, Edmond and Jules De on love
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"I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone."

Africanus, Scipio on leisure    Share

"He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing."

Cicero, Marcus T. on leisure    Share

"To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else."

Gracian, Baltasar on leisure    Share

"Jealousy is all the fun you think they had..."

Jong, Erica on jealousy    Share

"Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed."

Jong, Erica on gossip    Share

"If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married."

Hepburn, Katharine on marriage
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"Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known."

Ford, Richard on marriage
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"Marriage is socialism among two people."

Ehrenreich, Barbara on marriage
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"I've sometimes thought of marrying, and then I've thought again."

Coward, Noel on marriage
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"There is a time for all things -- except marriage my dear."

Chatterton, Thomas on marriage    Share

"I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all."

Byron, Lord on marriage    Share

"The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top."

Brothers, Dr. Joyce on mistakes
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"They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure."

Melville, Herman on leisure
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"If you are losing your leisure, look out! You are losing your soul."

Smith, Logan Pearsall on leisure
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"Life lived amidst tension and busyness needs leisure. Leisure that recreates and renews. Leisure should be a time to think new thoughts, not ponder old ills."

Strait, C. Neil on leisure    Share

"Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never."

Parker, Theodore on judgment and judges    Share

"Wealth and want equally harden the human heart, like frost and fire both are alien to human flesh."

Parker, Theodore on art    Share

"Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect."

Parker, Theodore on self-respect
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"There is one way to handle the ignorant and malicious critic. Ignore him."

Unknown, Source on criticism
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"What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others."

Proverb, French on contentment    Share

"Life is half spent before one knows what it is."

Proverb, French on time    Share

"Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it."

Proverb, French on life
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"A good lawyer is a bad neighbor."

Proverb, French on law and lawyers    Share

"Few people rise to our esteem upon closer scrutiny."

Proverb, French on fame    Share

"He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned."

Proverb, French on destiny
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"One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it."

Proverb, French on destiny
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"People without imagination are beginning to tire of the importance attached to comfort, to culture, to leisure, to all that destroys imagination. This means that people are not really tired of comfort, culture and leisure, but of the use to which they are"

Vaneigem, Raoul on leisure    Share

"He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate."

Thoreau, Henry David on leisure
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"Leisure time should be an occasion for deep purpose to throb and for ideas to ferment. Where a man allows leisure to slip without some creative use, he has forfeited a bit of happiness."

Strait, C. Neil on leisure    Share

"Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable."

Brothers, Dr. Joyce on love
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"Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery."

Brothers, Dr. Joyce on listening
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I'm female from India and made my book on 4th April 2007.

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I am a Company Secretary+Law grad+Certified forex Professional...& presently making my career in freelance teaching...Im a Visiting Faculty in several B-Schools in Indore+run my own training classes for CFA n MBA sudents.I teach subjects in the area of Economics & Finance(Forex,Derivatives..etc).I like working independently as a Free Agent n am very passionate about teaching . I think that a regular 9-5 job would kill me or atleast make me very miserable. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ritu in a Nutshell Spunky,Multifaceted,Loves to teach and be taught ,Unambitious,Unconventional,Quick thinker,Avoids Competiton,Sensitive and has deep thoughts ,Romantic ,Left handed,Tall,Intelligent and clever,Bruised & battered(but shows off bruises like they were trophies),Loves freedom,Rebellious when restricted ,Loner by Nature,Loves leisure ,Attractive personality, Poor Networking Skills ,Not Secretive,Iconoclast ,Non Confirmist ,Individualist ,Fun Fearless Female,Resilient,Child Free for Life,Loves peace and serenity ,Appreciative ,Observant,Loves to dream and fantasize,Loves Attention,Attractive and affectionate to oneself, Strong mentality,Aries,friendly and solves people's problems. Brave and fearless,Extroverted Introvert(A Gregarious Recluse),Idiosyncratic,Slacker,Type B personality — Relaxed, patient, friendly, Good memory,Arrogant , Motivates oneself and others,Deep feelings,Understanding,Loves literature,High spirited ,Active mind,Passionate,Funny and humorous ,Talkative , Daydreamer,Fun to be with,Approachable,Witty and sparkly. Not revengeful(Living well is the best revenge),Dislikes nonsensical and unnecessary things,No difficulties in studying,has leadership qualities,Take high pride in myself ,Bubbly ,Blunt,Opiniated, Forms intense relationships,Thirsty for praises, Extraordinary spirit,Independent thoughts,Narcissistic,Not at all modest(Modesty is good,honesty is better),Agnostic,Extremely laid back

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