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Look up to the sky. You'll never find rainbows if you’re looking down.






Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.






Wisdom is harmony.



Wisdom is harmony.

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Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.






Tolerance is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.






Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.






Poetry is related to philosophy as experience is related to empirical science.






The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.






Be confident: Truth is not the end of the way, it is the way itself.






Become who you are!






You cannot hold the day back, but you can avoid wasting it.
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"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."



"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."

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The more I think about it the more I feel that there’s nothing more genuinely artistic than to love people.



The more I think about it the more I feel that there’s nothing more genuinely artistic than to love people.




People are like bicycles. They can keep their balance only as long as they keep moving.



People are like bicycles. They can keep their balance only as long as they keep moving.

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It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.






One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.






The effort we make to be happy is never lost.






Silence is often the truest wisdom.
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.






The weakness of human reason appears more evidently in those who know it not, than in those who know it.






A quiet and modest life brings more joy than a pursuit of success bound with constant unrest.






Men differ by what they show, and have in common what they hide.






Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.






The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.






The coward calls himself cautious, the miser thrifty.






He has what he desires who can limit his desires to what is enough.






In excessive altercation, truth is lost.






From the faults of another a wise man will correct his own.






He conquers twice who conquers himself in victory.






For souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.



For souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.








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