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Famous Sayings Proverbs and Quotations - 40
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Alexander Graham Bell
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
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Kabbalah
We must learn not to disassociate the airy flower from the earthy root, for the flower that is cut off from its root fades, and its seeds are barren, whereas the root, secure in mother earth, can produce flower after flower and bring their fruit to maturity.
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E. M. Forster, Howards End
The crime of suicide lies in its disregard for the feelings of those whom we leave behind.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
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Mark Twain
The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.
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Socrates
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like him.
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The Book of Joshua 6:21
They devoted the city to the lord and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it - men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.
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Sir Francis Bacon, Essays: Of Building, 1623
Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had.
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations
Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised.
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William Shakespeare
For Brutus is an honourable man So are they all, all honourable men.
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Doug Larson
Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three - and paradise is when you have none.
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Clive Staples Lewis
What seem our worst prayers may really be, in God's eyes, our best. Those, I mean, which are least supported by devotional feeling. For these may come from a deeper level than feeling. God sometimes seems to speak to us most intimately when he catches us, as it were, off our guard.
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