"Uncertainty is the refuge of hope."
-Henri Frederic Amiel
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"Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.“
-Henri Frederic Amiel
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"Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind."
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"Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts."
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"I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel."
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"Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart."
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"To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy."
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