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  • Joseph Joubert Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.
    Joseph Joubert
    French writer (1754 - 1824)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Yogi Berra Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
    Yogi Berra
    American baseball player (1925 - 2015)
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  • Kriyananda Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.
    Kriyananda
    Romanian-born religious leader (born James Donald Walters) (1926 - 2013)
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  • Alfred A. Montapert Happy is the person who not only sings, but feels God's eye is on the sparrow, and knows He watches over me. To be simply ensconced in God is true joy.
    Alfred A. Montapert
    American writer
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  • Aaron Carter Having a dream, living that dream, losing that dream, dreaming again and then having that dream come true again is one of the greatest feelings ever because I'm stronger.
    Aaron Carter
    American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor (1987 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Elizabeth Barret Browning He said true things, but called them by wrong names.
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  • Hector Hugh Munro He spends his life explaining from his pulpit that the glory of Christianity consists in the fact that though it is not true it has been found necessary to invent it.
    Hector Hugh Munro
    British Novelist, Writer (1870 - 1916)
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  • Henry David Thoreau He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Tad Williams He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder.
    Tad Williams
     
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  • Charles Dickens Here's the rule for bargains: ''Do other men, for they would do you.'' That's the true business precept.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Dagobert D. Runes Hesitancy in judgment is the only true mark of the thinker.
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  • Anthony Trollope High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • Algernon H. Blackwood His imagination conceived and bore - worlds; but nothing in these worlds became alive until he discovered its true and living name. The name was the breath of life; and, sooner or later, he invariably found it.
    Algernon H. Blackwood
    English broadcasting narrator, journalist and writer (1869 - 1951)
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  • Logan Pearsall Smith How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!
    Logan Pearsall Smith
    English writer (1865 - 1946)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow How beautiful is youth! how bright it gleams with its illusions, aspirations, dreams! Book of Beginnings, Story without End, Each maid a heroine, and each man a friend!
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Bob Kane How can an article about me or the Batman be the true story when I am not consulted or interviewed?
    Bob Kane
    American comic book writer, animator and artist (1915 - 1998)
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  • Logan Pearsall Smith How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares, were there a danger of their coming true!
    Logan Pearsall Smith
    English writer (1865 - 1946)
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