Favourite quotes

What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.

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The greatest thing we'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.

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It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.

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You can only perceive real beauty in persons, as they get older.

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You are today where your thoughts have brought you. You will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.

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Many optimists have become rich by buying from pessimists.

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Exercising self-restraint can be depleting, yet it can also be ennobling.

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If you're willing to fail, you tend to succeed.

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In case you're worried about what's going to become of the younger generation, it's going to grow up and start worrying about the younger generation.

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