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Andrea Bocelli:All that counts in life is
Andrea Bocelli
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intention
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counts
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life
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All
All that counts in life is intention.
by Andrea Bocelli
Hannah Arendt:Action without a name, a 'who'
Hannah Arendt
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meaningless
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attached
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without
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Action
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name,
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'who'
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it,
Action without a name, a 'who' attached to it, is meaningless.
by Hannah Arendt
Francis Bacon:No pleasure is comparable to the
Francis Bacon
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comparable
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pleasure
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standing
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vantage
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ground
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Truth
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upon
No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth.
by Francis Bacon
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:Know'st thou the land
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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lemon-trees
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thicket's
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Know'st
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laurel
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gloom,
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groves
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heaven
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blows,
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myrtle
Know'st thou the land where the lemon-trees bloom, Where the gold orange glows in the deep thicket's gloom, Where a wind ever soft from the blue heaven blows, And the groves are of laurel and myrtle and rose
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Lord Chesterfield:Never seem more learned than
Lord Chesterfield
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learning
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learned
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hidden
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pocket
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people
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hours,
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asked
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Never
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count
Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.
by Lord Chesterfield
Oscar Wilde:I can resist anything but temptation.
Oscar Wilde
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temptation
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anything
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resist
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can
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but
I can resist anything but temptation.
by Oscar Wilde
Hubert Humphrey:In real life, unlike in
Hubert Humphrey
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Shakespeare,
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sweetness
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respects,
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important
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depends
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Things
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unlike
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life,
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bears
In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.
by Hubert Humphrey
Ralph Waldo Emerson:A friend is a person with
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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sincere
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person
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friend
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Before
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think
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aloud
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whom
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may
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him
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.
by Ralph Waldo Emerson