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It is not the length of life, but the depth of life.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

— Charles Dickens

Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

— T. S. Eliot

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

— Plato

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

— William Shakespeare

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Comparison is the thief of joy.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.

— Voltaire

We cannot all do everything.

— Virgil

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

— Marcus Aurelius

Even if you fall on a beautiful road, there is still pain.

— Korean Proverb

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

In silence there is eloquence. Stop weaving and see how the pattern improves.

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison.

— Bertrand Russell

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

— Lao Tzu

Don't judge a book by its cover.

— English Proverb

A frog in a well does not know the great ocean.

— Japanese Proverb

In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans.

There is a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.

— Maya Angelou

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

— Leo Tolstoy

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

— Khalil Gibran

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

— English Proverb

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