Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden.
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All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.
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AesopAesop You can fool people some of the time, but you can’t fool them all of the time.
AesopAesop United we stand; divided we fall.
AesopAesop One story sounds good until another is told.
AesopAesop Self-help is the best help.
AesopAesop We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
AesopAesop The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.
AesopAesop Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
AesopAesop It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.
AesopAesop We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
AesopAesop Do not tell others how to act unless you can set a good example.
AesopAesop Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself.
AesopAesop In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.
AesopAesop Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most.
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Caught inside my mind trapped between its horrid lines losing precious time.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Some women will have you look at life differently.
Eleni SophiaEleni Sophia The biggest reward often require the largest risks.
Nicole BrownNicole Brown Being with you is familiar, like playing guitar after some time; the theory is there but my fingers have forgotten the chords.
AstaAsta Late-night conservations, Breathtaking memories, and an endless sky full of unseen dazzling stars. That’s how I want to remember us.
AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel There is someone out there waiting to love you in all the ways you deserve.
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To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.
Rene DescartesRene Descartes Religion is an attempt to get control over the sensory world, in which we are placed, by means of the wish-world, which we have developed inside us as a result of biological and psychological necessities. But it cannot achieve its end.
Sigmund FreudSigmund Freud The campaign against the death penalty has been – while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a relatively small number of people.
Angela DavisAngela Davis I’d like to be remembered for being a good, kind, loving, gentle man who attempted to live wisely, and who cared a lot.
Leo BuscagliaLeo Buscaglia We shall have our manhood. We shall have it or the earth will be leveled by our attempts to gain it.
Eldridge CleaverEldridge Cleaver There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
Andre GideAndre Gide The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.
Viktor FranklViktor Frankl Many people today attempt to draw differences between communism and socialism – there are none.
Candace OwensCandace Owens