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Jean de la Bruyere

Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out.

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The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

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Out of difficulties grow miracles.

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The beginning and the end of love are both marked by embarrassment when the two find themselves alone. [Fr. , Le commencement et le declin de l'amour se font sentir par l'embarras ou l'on est de se trouver seuls. ]

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A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself.

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Where is the sound?" someone hastily scribbled on the blackboard, and they all waited anxiously for the reply. Milo caught his breath, picked up the chalk, and explained simply, "It's on the tip of my tongue.

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Hillary Clinton

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When women participate in politics, it ripples out to the entire society. . . Women are the world's most underused resource.

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The more a person indulges himself the less others are willing to indulge him.

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Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

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You can't write good characters if you can't imagine what it's like being in another person's skin. And if you can imagine that, you naturally want other people's lives to be better. You want to make that happen.

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