"One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for."

Plautus, Titus Maccius on aid and assistance
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"Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose."

Unknown, Source on giving   

"The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational."

Wilson, A. N. on logic
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"Never shall I forget the time I spent with you. Please continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours."

Beethoven, Ludwig Van on friends and friendship
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"Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once."

Shakespeare, William on war
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"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."

Buddha on happiness
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"Within your heart, keep one still, secret spot where dreams may go."

Driscoll, Louise on art
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"The world is full of genies waiting to grant your wishes."

Ross, Percy on ask   

"Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world."

Dyer, Wayne on love
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"If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours."

Colton, Charles Caleb on love
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"When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out."

Bowen, Elizabeth on love
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"A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime."

Auden, W. H. on love
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"Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves."

Amiel, Henri Frederic on love
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"Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement."

Kettering, Charles F. on achievement
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"Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds."

Marden, Orison Swett on achievement
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"How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something, but to be someone."

Chanel, Coco on love
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"What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality."

Rank, Otto on achievement
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"A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition."

Chesterton, Gilbert K. on intuition
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"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward."

Kierkegaard, Søren on life
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"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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