You can’t judge a person by his appearance, but as soon as you start talking about him, everything immediately becomes clear.
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Newborns cry the same everywhere. When they grow up, they have different habits. This is the result of upbringing.
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He who fights monsters must be careful not to become a monster himself. And if you look into the abyss for a long time, then the abyss also looks into you.
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Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the only goal of human existence.
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When people do not pay attention to the criticism and praise of the people and calmly put up with the loss of their sympathy, this is an unworthy way to govern the country.
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If happiness consisted in bodily pleasures, we would call oxen happy when they find peas to eat.
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And if you no longer have a single ladder, you must learn to climb on your own head: how else would you want to climb higher?
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The first cup belongs to thirst, the second to joy, the third to pleasure, the fourth to madness.
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To avoid becoming a drunkard, it is enough to have a drunkard in all his ugliness before your eyes.
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Let us not delude ourselves too much with our victories over nature. For every such victory she takes revenge on us.
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It is surprising that sculptors of stone statues strive to give the stone the likeness of a person, and do not think about not being like the stone themselves.
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- Once, even after receiving a kick, Socrates endured it, and when someone was surprised, he replied: “If a donkey kicked me, would I sue him?”
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Atheism is thin ice, on which one person will walk, and an entire nation will fall into the abyss.
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The law of the web: small insects die in it, but large ones successfully make their way through.
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Why does a father love his son more than his father's son? Because the son is his creation. Everyone is favorable to what they themselves have created.
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- Questions about natural phenomena are either inaccessible to the human mind or are not relevant to human life.
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People are afraid of death for the same reason that children are afraid of the dark, because they don't know what it's all about.
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Get married no matter what. If you get a good wife, you will be happy, and if you get a bad wife, you will become a philosopher.
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There is only one good, knowledge, and only one evil, ignorance. Wealth and nobility do not bring any dignity, on the contrary, they bring only bad things.
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There are two ways to free you from suffering: quick death and lasting love.
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The dominance of a man in marriage is a simple consequence of his economic dominance and naturally disappears with the latter.
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- Friendship is the most necessary thing for life, since no one would wish for a life without friends, even if he had all the other benefits.
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A real man wants two things: danger and games. And therefore he is looking for a woman as the most dangerous toy.
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Look into your own souls and find in them the spark of truth that the gods placed in every heart and from which only you can fan the flame.
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Desire and love have as their objects things or qualities that a person does not currently possess, but which he lacks.
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It is better to fall to vultures than to fall to flatterers. Those devour the dead, and these the living.
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- People who are naturally weak in body become stronger through exercise.
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“Love your neighbor” means first of all: “Leave your neighbor alone!” And it is precisely this detail of virtue that is associated with the greatest difficulties.
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Young people should look in the mirror more often: beautiful, so as not to disgrace their beauty, ugly, so that education can brighten up the ugliness.
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A man is already half in love with every woman who listens to him talk.
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Whoever wants to justify existence must also be able to be God’s advocate before the devil.
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- Is it strange that traveling doesn’t do you any good if you drag yourself around everywhere?
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A joke has never helped anyone gain the favor of an enemy, but it has helped many lose a friend.
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To be below oneself is ignorance, and to be above oneself is nothing but wisdom.
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The life of the body is evil and false. And therefore the destruction of this life of the body is good, and we should desire it.
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He who begins with confidence will end in doubt; and whoever begins with doubt will end with confidence.
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- Everything that a person says not from his own experience is not worthy of trust. Even if he quotes me.
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What well? Everything that increases the sense of power, the will to power, power in a person. What's wrong? Everything that comes from weakness.
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The same thing happens to a person as to a tree. The more he strives upward, towards the light, the deeper his roots dig into the earth, downwards, into darkness and depth, towards evil.
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Man is a rope stretched between an animal and a superman, a rope over an abyss. What is valuable about a person is that he is a bridge, not a goal.
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Being ashamed of your immorality is the first step of the ladder, at the top of which you will be ashamed of your morality.
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Weaker and simpler people are best judged by their characters, while more intelligent and secretive people are best judged by their goals.
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A poor man is not one who does not have a penny in his pocket, but one who has no dreams.
Does it matter if your life lasts three hundred or even three thousand years? After all, you live only in the present moment and, no matter who you are, you only lose the present moment.
Quotes from great philosophers
We earn coins to spend them. We're running out of time to get it. And we fight for peace.
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Every doctor is by definition a philosopher. After all, medicine must be supported by wisdom.
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To understand what is fair, to feel what is beautiful, to desire what is good, this is the goal of intelligent life.
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Every philosophy, or science of science, is criticism. The idea of philosophy is a diagram of the Future.
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All buildings will fall, collapse, and the grass will grow on them. Only the building of love is imperishable, weeds will not grow on it.
We cannot take away either our past, because it no longer exists, or our future, because we do not have it yet.
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One should love a friend, remembering that he can become an enemy, and hate an enemy, remembering that he can become a friend.
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A reasonable person punishes not because an offense was committed, but so that it is not committed in the future.
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The most perfect of people can be considered the person who strives for perfection; The happiest of people can be considered the one who realizes that he is already achieving his goal.
Box of Wisdom. Aphorisms of great thinkers
Aristotle
384-322 BC e.
Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, founder of formal logic, the most influential of the dialecticians of antiquity. Born into the family of a court doctor. The father himself taught the boy medicine and philosophy (at that time these concepts were not divided). Having lost his parents early, Aristotle went first to Atarnaeus (Asia Minor), then to Athens. There, under the influence of Plato's lectures and writings, he very soon founded his own philosophical school, hostile to Plato's Academy.
In 343 BC. e. At the invitation of the Macedonian king Philip II, Aristotle becomes the teacher of the young heir to the throne, the future Alexander the Great.
In 334, Aristotle moved to Athens and founded his own school there, the Lyceum.
After the death of Alexander the Great, Aristotle, accused of atheism, left Athens and settled in Chalcis on Euboea, where many disciples followed him.
Aristotle's numerous works cover almost the entire area of knowledge available at that time, which in his works received a deeper philosophical justification and was systematized.
Gratitude gets old quickly.
It is more fitting for a morally good person to show his honesty.
The one who rules over the passions is not the one who completely abstains from them, but the one who uses them as one controls a ship or a horse, that is, directs them where it is necessary and useful.
Education is an adornment in happiness, and a refuge in misfortune.
The most pleasant words for us are those that give us some knowledge.
Everyone knows that death is inevitable, but since it is not close, no one thinks about it.
All flatterers are henchmen.
The highest truth is that which is the cause of consequences, which in turn are true.
Anger is an animal-like passion in its disposition, capable of frequent repetition, cruel and unyielding in strength, serving as the cause of murder, an ally of misfortune, an accomplice of harm and dishonor.
Action is a living unity of theory and practice.
The virtue of speech is to be clear and not low.
A friend to everyone is a friend to no one.
A friend is one soul living in two bodies.
Friendship is content with what is possible without demanding what is due.
Friendship is not only invaluable, but also beautiful; we praise him who loves his friends; and having many friends seems like something wonderful, and some people think that being a good person and being a friend are one and the same thing.
Friendship is the most necessary thing for life, since no one would wish for a life without friends, even if he had all the other benefits.
There are people as stingy as if they were going to live forever, and so wasteful as if they were going to die tomorrow.
Women who indulge in drunkenness give birth to children who are similar in this respect to their mothers.
Life requires movement.
Excess of pleasure is licentiousness and is to be condemned.
From the habit of swearing in one way or another, a tendency to commit bad deeds develops.
The historian and the poet differ from each other not in speech - rhymed or unrhymed; They are distinguished by the fact that one talks about what happened, while the other talks about what could have happened. Therefore, poetry is more philosophical and serious than history, for it shows the general, while history shows only the individual.
It is common for every person to make mistakes, but it is common for no one except a fool to persist in a mistake.
Anyone can get angry - it's easy; but to be angry with the one you need, and as much as you need, and when you need, and for the reason you need, and in the way you need - this is not given to everyone.
Each person should preferentially take on what is possible for him and what is decent for him.
When anger or any other similar kind of emotion takes possession of an individual, the latter's decision inevitably becomes unsuitable.
Comedy intends to portray worse people, and tragedy - better people than existing ones.
He who moves forward in science, but lags behind in morality, goes backward rather than forward.
Anyone who asks why we enjoy being with beautiful people is blind.
It is better to do a small part of the task perfectly than to do ten times more poorly.
To love means to wish for another what you consider to be good, and to wish, moreover, not for your own sake, but for the sake of the one you love, and try, if possible, to deliver this good to him.
The difference between an educated and an uneducated person is the same as between a living and a dead one.
Much can happen between the cup of wine and the lips.
Wisdom is the most exact of sciences.
The one who fearlessly goes towards a beautiful death is called courageous.
Courage is a virtue by virtue of which people perform wonderful deeds in danger.
Music can have a certain effect on the ethical side of the soul; and since music has such properties, then, obviously, it should be included among the subjects of youth education.
The purpose of man is intelligent activity.
Enjoying communication is the main sign of friendship.
The beginning is more than half of everything.
The ignorant is surprised that things are as they are, and such surprise is the beginning of knowledge; a wise man, on the contrary, would be surprised if things were different and not as he knows them.
We reason not in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good people.
He who does not always love does not love.
One should not be afraid of poverty, or illness, or in general anything that is not caused by depravity and does not depend on the person himself.
No one can endure terrible things better than a courageous man.
Nothing exhausts and destroys a person like prolonged physical inactivity.
A moral person does a lot for the sake of his friends and for the sake of his fatherland, even if he had to lose his life in the process.
Oh my friends! There are no friends in the world!
A witty person is one who jokes with taste.
You can make mistakes in different ways, but you can act correctly only in one way, which is why the first is easy, and the second is difficult; easy to miss, difficult to hit the target.
A crime only needs a pretext.
The habit of finding only the funny side in everything is the surest sign of a shallow soul, because the funny lies on the surface.
The slave prefers the slave, the master prefers the master.
A reasonable person does not pursue what is pleasant, but what saves him from trouble.
The property of a tyrant is to repel everyone whose heart is proud and free.
The serious is destroyed by laughter, laughter by the serious.
It is quite obvious that from among the subjects useful in everyday life, one should study those that are truly necessary, but not all without exception.
He who observes a little easily makes a judgment.
Each person individually and everyone together has, one might say, a certain goal, in pursuit of which they choose one thing and avoid another.
He who has friends has no friend.
Intelligence consists not only in knowledge, but also in the ability to apply knowledge in practice.
To succeed, students need to catch up with those who are ahead and not wait for those who are behind.
Teachers to whom children owe their upbringing are more honorable than parents: some give us only life, while others give us a good life.
Praising people to their faces is a sign of flattery.
A book is good if the author expresses only what should be said, and in the right way.
To speak well about virtue does not yet mean to be virtuous, and to be just in thoughts does not mean to be just in deed.
Although we are mortal, we should not submit to corruptible things, but, as far as possible, rise to immortality and live in accordance with what is best in us.
A person outside of society is either a god or a beast.
A man who has achieved complete perfection is superior to all animals; but he is lower than everyone else if he lives without laws and without justice. Indeed, there is nothing more monstrous than armed injustice.
Man by nature is a social being.
An overly brilliant style makes both characters and thoughts invisible.
To awaken the conscience of a scoundrel, you need to slap him in the face.
You need to joke in order to do serious things.
A joke is a release of tension because it is a relaxation.
It is a duty to give up even what is dear and close for the sake of saving the truth.
Clarity is the main virtue of speech.
Sayings of philosophers
In a philosophical discussion, the loser benefits more in that he increases knowledge.
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The first cup belongs to thirst, the second to joy, the third to pleasure, the fourth to madness.
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When the listener does not understand the speaker, and the speaker does not know what he means, this is philosophy.
The answer to the questions that philosophy leaves unanswered is that they must be posed differently.
Quotes from philosophers
In order to wake up, you need to stop looking around and turn your gaze inward. – Carl-Gustav Jung
Man himself invents the boundaries of the world. It can be the size of a street - or it can become endless. – Arthur Schopenhauer
We ourselves come up with impossible things. They are difficult only because we cannot decide to take on them.
Philosophy can easily explain the past and the future, but it gives in to the present.
Life is what philosophers earn their living for, wasting ink on treatises that are of no use to anyone but themselves.
Every doctor is by definition a philosopher. After all, medicine must be supported by wisdom. – Hippocrates
When something new bursts into life, a person turns into a philosopher.
The world is more beautiful than a dream. Tastier than gourmet dishes. Let him in. Fall in love. Maybe there’s only a minute left to live. And you have the last 60 seconds of happiness... - Ray Bradbury
Forward! Don't stop for a moment. Live brightly, walk on the edge, give emotions and get LIFE!
We earn coins to spend them. We're running out of time to get it. And we fight for peace. – Aristotle
Continue reading quotes from philosophers on the following pages:
There are two types of love: one is simple, the other is mutual. Simple - when the loved one does not love the loving one. Then the lover is completely dead. When the beloved responds to love, then the lover, at least, lives in him. There is something amazing about this. Ficino M.
Not to be loved is just failure, not to love is misfortune. – A. Camus
When the one you love is not there, you have to love what is. Corneille Pierre
The girl who laughs is already half won.
The girlfriend's shortcomings escape the attention of the lover. Horace
When you love, you discover such wealth in yourself, so much tenderness, affection, you can’t even believe that you know how to love like that. Chernyshevsky N. G.
All buildings will fall and collapse, and the grass will grow on them. Only the building of love is incorruptible; weeds will not grow on it. Hafiz
The moments of meeting and parting are for many the greatest moments in life. – Kozma Prutkov
False love is more likely the result of ignorance, rather than a lack of ability to love. J. Baines.
Love takes on meaning only when it is reciprocated. Leonardo Felice Buscaglia.
There are many cures for love, but there is not a single sure cure. – Francois La Rochefoucauld
Love is the only passion that recognizes neither the past nor the future. Balzac O.
Just as ugliness is an expression of hatred, so beauty is an expression of love. Otto Weininger
Love is in the heart, and therefore desire is impermanent, but love is unchangeable. The desire disappears after it is satisfied; the reason for this is that love comes from the union of souls, and desire - from the union of feelings. Penn William
You cannot love either the one you fear or the one who fears you. Cicero
The source of every error in life is a lack of memory. Otto Weininger
Constancy is the ever-present dream of love. Vauvenargues
Love itself is the law; it is stronger, I swear, than all the rights of earthly people. Any right and any decree Before love is nothing for us. Chaucer J.
Love is an amazing counterfeiter, constantly turning not only coppers into gold, but often gold into coppers. Balzac O.
One should love a friend, remembering that he can become an enemy, and hate an enemy, remembering that he can become a friend. – Sophocles
When we love, we lose sight. Lope de Vega
Deceived love is no longer love. Corneille Pierre
If a woman hates you, it means she loved you, loves you or will love you. – German proverb
Love is like a tree; it grows by itself, takes deep roots into our entire being and often continues to turn green and bloom even on the ruins of our heart. Hugo V.
Philosophy heals the spirit (souls). - Unknown author
A person feels his duty only if he is free. Henri Bergson
Love is the strongest, the holiest, the most unspeakable. Karamzin N. M.
There is no time limit for affection: you can always love as long as your heart is alive. Karamzin N.M.
Love for a woman has great, irreplaceable meaning for us; it is like salt for meat: permeating the heart, it protects it from spoilage. Hugo V.
Quotes of great men
- A whole scattering of quotes not united by one topic from a variety of famous people: writers, actors, politicians, businessmen.
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People who take all trifles to heart are the most capable of sincere love.
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The only thing I’m afraid of more than cheating is not finding out about cheating. It's terrible to love a person who no longer deserves it.
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Life is like riding a bicycle. To maintain balance, you must move.
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When it seems like the whole world is against you, remember that the plane takes off against the wind!
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- The main thing in a person is not the mind, but what controls him: character, heart, good feelings.
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You will never complete your journey if you stop to throw a stone at every yapping dog.
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The secret is to associate with those who are better. Fight with those who are stronger. Loving someone you can't. Don't die where others die...
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All people judge us by our appearance and manners, and only a few by our spiritual qualities.
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False wisdom is not able to obscure the truth for a long time, although it sometimes seems more plausible than the truth itself.
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- There are people whom you just want to tease, probably these are those who are endowed with virtues unknown to us.
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As deep as a person is, he is a personality. There should always be more inside than outside in everything.
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Like all people in the world, I simultaneously perform several roles, and all of them are characteristic of me.
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Wherever you go, if you want to move forward, you have to make your own way.
Everything can be survived in this life as long as there is something to live for, someone to love, someone to care about and someone to trust.
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- Life flies by instantly, and we live as if we were writing a draft, not realizing in the scandalous bustle that our life is just a moment.
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Good people will bring you happiness, bad people will reward you with experience, the worst will give you a lesson, and the best will give you memories. Appreciate everyone.
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When you leave, don't look back. Look back and remember. You'll regret it if you remember. You'll regret coming back. When you come back, everything will start all over again.
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If God wants to make you happy, then he leads you along the most difficult path, because there are no easy paths to happiness.
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The biggest mistake is that we give up quickly. Sometimes, to get what you want, you just have to try one more time.
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You need to build a relationship with a person for whom you will always come first.
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Don't let your tongue write a check that your ass can't pay.
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Do you have vodka? – Are you 18? - Do you have a license? - Okay, okay, why did you start up right away?
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Love is a slow poison, the one who drank it will live a sweet moment, and the one who never tries will live miserably forever!
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We judge the slightest infidelity towards us much more harshly than the most insidious betrayal towards others.
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The one whose merits have already been rewarded with true glory should be most ashamed of the efforts he makes so that all sorts of trifles will be given credit for him.
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Happiness drops by for a minute, from time to time, to the one who has learned to do without it. And only to him
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A woman never knows what she wants, but she will not rest until she achieves it.
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Life is short - break the rules - Goodbye quickly - Kiss slowly - Love sincerely - Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret what made you smile!
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If you love a person for who he is, then you love him. If you are trying to change it radically, then you love yourself. That's all.
We must make all the mistakes in order to understand why we should not have made them. 28
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We invent our own problems, obstacles, complexes and frameworks. Free yourself - breathe life and realize what you can do. 20
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All people come into our lives for a reason. Some bring happiness, while others bring experience and tempered character. 25
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Happiness does not depend on the amount of money, but it is better to cry in a jeep than on a bus. 18
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You are able to see beauty only because you carry beauty within you. For the world is like a mirror in which everyone sees their own reflection. 10
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Sometimes inexplicable miracles happen, but only to those who believe that miracles do happen. 9
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Happy is not the one who chose the “right” path, but the one who loves his road: every rise, every descent, every stone, pothole, pothole. This is the love of life and makes a person happy. 14
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Only in calm water are things reflected undistorted. Also, only a calm consciousness adequately perceives the world. 13
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The main rule of life is not to let yourself be broken by either people or circumstances. 20
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What happened once may never happen again. But what happened twice will happen a third time. 17
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With age comes not only wisdom and self-confidence, but also greyhound cockroaches in your head that don’t care about your wisdom and self-confidence 10
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If you look at it, it’s fascinating! If you walk, do it in such a way that you turn around! If you love, then for real. eleven
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The actions of the Creator are worthy of surprise! Our hearts are filled with bitterness - We are leaving this world, not knowing neither its beginning, nor its meaning, nor its end (Khayyam) 12
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Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift. Accept it. 13
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Sometimes you have to take luck by the hand and show it exactly where your door is.
