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«Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.»
«I would rather have eyes that cannot see; ears that cannot hear; lips that cannot speak, than a heart that cannot love»
Author: Robert Tizon
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About:
Heart,
Love,
Senses
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Keywords:
by ear,
ears,
eyes,
hear,
lips,
rather,
see,
Seeing Eye,
speak,
would
«I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.»
«I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read»
Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
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Historian)
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Keywords:
booked,
books,
book up,
cottage,
cottages,
desire,
full,
In a,
king,
King He,
like kings,
make full,
on the books,
poor,
rather,
read,
The King I,
The King of Kings,
would
«I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
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Essayist,
Philosopher,
Poet)
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Keywords:
Being Myself,
crowded,
crowding,
crowd out,
cushion,
cushioned,
cushions,
myself,
pumpkin,
pumpkins,
rather,
sit,
sit by,
velvet,
velvets
«Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.»
Author: Albert Einstein
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Physicist)
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Keywords:
be,
but,
not,
of value,
rather,
strive,
strived,
striven,
success,
to be,
value,
valued at,
valuing
«Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men and towards objective things.»
Author: Albert Einstein
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Physicist)
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About:
Ambition
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Keywords:
ambition,
arises,
devotion,
devotions,
duty,
men,
mere,
merest,
objective,
rather,
sense,
sensed,
sense an,
sense of duty,
sensing,
stemmed,
stems,
truly,
valuable,
with ambition
«Not until we dare to regard ourselves as a nation, not until we respect ourselves, can we gain the esteem of others, or rather only then will it come of its own accord»
Author: Albert Einstein
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Physicist)
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Keywords:
accord,
accords,
dare,
esteem,
Esteeming,
esteems,
gain,
in accord,
in regard to,
in some respects,
in that respect,
nation,
rather,
regard,
regard as,
respect,
that nation
«I would rather have a big burden and a strong back, than a weak back and a caddy to carry life's luggage»
Author: Elbert Hubbard
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Keywords:
back,
big,
burden,
burdening,
caddy,
carry,
carrying out,
carry back,
carry over,
carry through,
luggage,
rather,
strong,
weak
«Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.»