"Reputation is what men and women think of us. Character is what God and the angels know of us."

Paine, Thomas on character
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"Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad."

Paine, Thomas on religion
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"Parting is such sweet sorrow."

Shakespeare, William on absence
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"I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing."

Terence on variety   

"Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something."

Richter, Jean Paul on variety   

"When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy."

Rushdie, Salman on thoughts and thinking
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"The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has"

Ashley-Pitt, Alan on crowds
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"Give yourself something to work toward -- constantly."

Ash, Mary Kay on goals
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"It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it."

KuBler-Ross, Elisabeth on death
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