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One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

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Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves. ↗

— Aristotle

#each #excellence #friendship #good #men

A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#assistants #battalion #does #happiness #more

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. ↗

— Aristotle

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The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness. ↗

— Aristotle

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You've got to realize that any lady on a soap is devoting her life to it, 24/7. ↗

— Joan Van Ark

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I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger. ↗

— Edmond About

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If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you'll end up saying you hate them just because you're so fed up with being asked all those stupid questions. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#again #ask #asked #bands #because

Pain is something that's common to human life. When we ignore it, we aren't engaging in the whole reality, and the pain begins to fester. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#common #engaging #fester #human #human life

The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

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