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Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.

John Steinbeck

An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.
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Acceptable Believe Courage Hurt Lying Punishment Time
To be alive at all is to have scars.
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Alive Scars
If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
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Kind Love Understand
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.
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Born Lost Myself
I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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Reality Romance War
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.
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Expectation Greatness Himself Life Motivational
Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don’t talk back.
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Book Entertainment Friendship Talk
No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
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Himself Human Literature Men
Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
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Fight God Philosophy Prayer
If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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Giving Sick Simple
You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
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Advice Deep Yourself
If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
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Help Hurt People Poor Trouble
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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Education Human Inspirational Mindset Spirit Teacher Teaching
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
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Dream Excellence Writing
It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
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Darkness Grief Light Loss
When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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Change Deep People Philosophy

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