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There is no education like adversity. Benjamin Disraeli
Education Adversity Like
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. Bertrand Russell
Happiness Love Love Is True Happiness True Perhaps Most Caution Forms Fatal
In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards. Bertrand Russell
Time Equality Men Everybody Admit Only Onward He Since Doctrine Equal Opinion Does America Inferiors Upwards Social Jefferson
Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life. Cecil Rhodes
Life You Remember First Lottery Won Prize Englishman Consequently
Do I live as carelessly and worldly as unbelievers while professing to be a follower of Jesus? If so, I am exposing Christianity to ridicule and leading people to speak evil of the holy name by which I am called. Charles Spurgeon
People Speak Evil Follower Live Christianity Carelessly Worldly Leading Name Am Which While Holy Professing Exposing Ridicule Jesus
Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow firm there, firm as weeds among stones. Charlotte Bronte
Education Heart Soil Difficult Weeds Never Firm Most Well Well Known Known Loosened Eradicate Been Stones Prejudices Grow Whose Among
I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life. Damien Hirst
Life You Think Suicide Perfect Most Thing
All I can do is follow my instincts, because I'll never please everyone. Emma Watson
Please Everyone Everyone Please Follow Never Instincts Because
One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut. Eric Clapton
Mouth Beneficial Most Learned How Keep Ever Things Shut
There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people. George Galloway
Patriotism People Those Wrap Fooling Trumpet Blow Flags Themselves Means Who
Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell. George Orwell
Good Good And Evil Evil Hell Unless System Independent Evolve Civilization He Likely Salvage Heaven Which Mankind
On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. George Orwell
Time Good Too Quite Human Want Human Beings Whole Beings
My daughter is the biggest gift; I've said it so many times and it sounds like a cliche, but the thing about being a parent is when you think you've cracked it, and you're on top of your game, they change again and you have to catch up and adjust. I feel such a responsibility to instill good values in her, to be polite, to have discipline. Geri Halliwell
Good You Game Change Gift Discipline Values Responsibility Daughter Think Top Adjust About Parent Catch Instill Feel Like Cliche Polite Said Sounds Up Times Cracked Being Biggest Again Your Many Her Thing
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort. Humphry Davy
Life Kindness Great Obligations Heart Little Things Made Secure Given Small Sacrifices Smiles Comfort Up Duties Which Little Things Preserve
To defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilization you need education. Jonathan Sacks
Education You Army Country Civilization Defend Need
Denial, panic, threats, anger - those are very human responses to feeling guilt. Joshua Oppenheimer
Anger Denial Guilt Feeling Panic Those Responses Threats Very Human
We invest less in our friendships and expect more of friends than any other relationship. We spend days working out where to book for a romantic dinner, weeks wondering how to celebrate a partner or parent's birthday, and seconds forgetting a friend's important anniversary. Mariella Frostrup
Birthday Relationship Celebrate Book Dinner Important Partner Other Seconds Our Spend Out Parent More Invest Weeks Anniversary Days How Friend Friends Friendships Expect Than Forgetting Wondering Any Where Romantic Working Less
Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience. Mary Wollstonecraft
Obedience Mind Will Blind Obedience Blind Female Female Mind End Strengthen Enlarging
HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it. Princess Diana
You People Dangerous Hug Give Shake Know Make Knows Does Hands HIV Heaven Them Need
Fun is one of the most important - and underrated - ingredients in any successful venture. If you're not having fun, then it's probably time to call it quits and try something else. Richard Branson
Time You Try Important Else Something Something Else Having Having Fun Most Venture Call Underrated Any Quits The Most Important Then Ingredients Successful Fun
Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip. Richard Steele
Destruction Gossip Slow Fire Engines Compared Swords Tongue
Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it. Samuel Butler
Life People Enjoy Aims Main Never Most Learned
Nobody ever becomes an expert parent. But I think good parenting is about consistency. It's about being there at big moments, but it's also just the consistency of decision making. And it's routine. Sebastian Coe
Good Parenting Decision Consistency Big Think About Parent Nobody Also Becomes Making Just Being Expert Decision-Making Being There Moments Ever Routine
In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet. Winston Churchill
Life Words My Life Must Eat Had Course Always Confess Often Diet Wholesome Found
There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you. Winston Churchill
You Girl Difficult More Kissing Toward Leaning Making Climbing Than Wall Which Who Away Things Two Speech
Don't focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish. Alek Wek
Positive You Negative Will Focus Things Flourish
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