What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.
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Death Delicate Ideas Kill Man Sneer Yawn
First appearance deceives many.
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Appearance Business Deceive
My vengeance is my guilt.
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Guilt One Liner Vengeance
If you want to be loved, be lovable.
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Love One Liner Positive Want
He loved a lifeless thing and he was utterly and hopelessly wretched.
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Hopeless Life Love Wretch
Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
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Crown Gain Opponent Victory
The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
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Deep Delicate Inspirational Produce Rose Sharp
What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
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Live Love She Sleep Woman
All things change; nothing perishes.
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Change One Liner Perish
My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
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Hope Realized
Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.
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Care Fear Love
Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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Deed Human Nature Reward Value
In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.
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Character Leisure People Reveal
Sometimes tears carry the same weight as words.
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Poetry Tears Weight Words Writing
He who has lived in obscurity has lived well.
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Live Onscurity
Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
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Endurance Prove Sorrow

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