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Terence
We are all of us
We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.
130
Terence
Many a time from a
Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.
126
Emilio Pucci
I married a Botticelli.
I married a Botticelli.
60
Meghann Fahy
Everybody took me under their
Everybody took me under their wing and didnât make fun of me for not knowing anything about theater.
41
François Fénelon
Most people I ask little
Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain.
77
François Fénelon
Had we not faults of
Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.
72
François Fénelon
Nothing will make us so
Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others, as, by self-examination, thoroughly to know our own.
76
François Fénelon
All earthly delights are sweeter
All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.
68
François Fénelon
How rare it is to
How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.
94
François Fénelon
Little opportunities should be improved.
Little opportunities should be improved.
62
François Fénelon
Do not make best friends
Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.
70
François Fénelon
Children are excellent observers, and
Children are excellent observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who govern children, forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves.
55
François Fénelon
The past but lives in
The past but lives in written words: a thousand ages were blank if books had not evoked their ghosts, and kept the pale unbodied shades to warn us from fleshless lips.
72
Vikrant Parsai
Those who are free from
Those who are free from corruption are only those who havenât been born yet.
126
Vikrant Parsai
So many people who desire
So many people who desire poverty get it quickly, but those who desire wealth never have it.
134
Vikrant Parsai
If you are working to
If you are working to succeed, bear it in mind that many people who aspired to be like you didn't reach their destination.
125
Vikrant Parsai
You can’t really know yourself
You canât really know yourself until you discover how corrupt you are.
63
Vikrant Parsai
Money is power, wealth is
Money is power, wealth is a defence, how do you desire them?
123
Vikrant Parsai
Life is full of good
Life is full of good times, but the ups and downs of life have made it so difficult to understand.
93
Vikrant Parsai
If a man marries a
If a man marries a wicked woman from a wicked family, certainly he will die the day he needs life.
104
Vikrant Parsai
When you are working to
When you are working to succeed, keep it in mind that failure is at the corner of the house.
96
Vikrant Parsai
If a woman so much
If a woman so much loves money, she will not fail to share her secret with fools.
122
Vikrant Parsai
Love is a dangerous weapon
Love is a dangerous weapon that kills anyone.
139
Vikrant Parsai
You can discover the true
You can discover the true love of your wife only in the days of hunger.
102