“We often lose our tempers not with those who are actually to blame; just with those who love us enough to forgive us our foul moods.”
– Alain de Botton
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Understand ― Stephen R. Covey
“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.”
― Stephen R. Covey
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Happiness – Soren Kierkegaard
“But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?”
– Soren Kierkegaard
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March on – Kahlil Gibran
“March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path.”
– Kahlil Gibran
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Corpse – Marcus Aurelius
“Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse.”
– Marcus Aurelius
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Beliefs – Bertrand Russell
“Our beliefs are, however, often contrary to fact.”
– Bertrand Russell
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Be wise – Aeschylus
“Search well and be wise, and never believe that self-willed pride is better than good counsel.”
– Aeschylus
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Health – Lao Tzu
“Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.”
– Lao Tzu
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Leisure – Marcus Aurelius
“Why should any of these things that happen externally distract thee? Give thyself leisure to learn some good thing: cease roving to and fro.”
– Marcus Aurelius
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Present – Maria Edgeworth
“There is no moment like the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards; they will be dissipated, lost and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence.”
– Maria Edgeworth
“Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”
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Seafood diet – Dolly Parton
“I’m on a seafood diet — I see food, I eat it.”
– Dolly Parton
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Well done – Benjamin Franklin
“Well done is better than well said.”
– Benjamin Franklin
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True – Philip Levine
“Some things you know all your life. They are so simple and true they must be said without elegance, meter and rhyme…they must be naked and alone, they must stand for themselves.”
– Philip Levine
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Common sense – Joan Crawford
“If you have an ounce of common sense and one good friend you don’t need an analyst.”
– Joan Crawford