A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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The subtle differences in language and humor that get lost in translation, for example, make it almost impossible for big companies to do something that will appeal at home and abroad.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

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Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

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To live On means not yours--be brave in silks and laces, Gallant in steeds; splendid in banquets; all Not yours. Given, uninherited, unpaid for; This is to be a trickster; and to filch Men's art and labour, which to them is wealth, Life, daily bread;--quitting all scores with "friend, You're troublesome!" Why this, forgive me, Is what, when done with a less dainty grace, Plain folks call "Theft.

Art, Grace, Mean, Men, Troublesome, Uninherited

As it has been finely expressed, "Principle is a passion for truth. " And as an earlier and homelier writer hath it, "The truths we believe in are the pillars of our world.

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Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame -to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a Hell!

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Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.

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The subtle differences in language and humor that get lost in translation, for example, make it almost impossible for big companies to do something that will appeal at home and abroad.

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Shane Claiborne

We think of justice sometimes as getting what you deserve, you know - what crime was committed and what is the punishment for that crime. That's how a lot of the criminal justice works. But God's justice is restorative, so it's not as interested in those same questions of "What did they do wrong?" and "What is the punishment for that?" It's more about what harm was done and how do we heal that harm, and that's a much more redemptive version. So, it definitely doesn't turn a blind eye to harm, but it does say we want to heal the wounds of that.

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Tom Hiddleston

I always wanted to see what America was like. I had that curiosity in my 20s when I was working in the theatre here [ in London]. . . there was the mystery of LA and I wondered what happened over there. I wanted to go and check it out and I'm pleased that I have.

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