Sir James Matthew Barrie
British playwright
Lived from: 1860 - 1937
Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: United Kingdom
Born: 9 may 1860 Died: 19 june 1937
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The best place a person can die, is where they die for others.
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The life of every person is like a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another.
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The most useless are those who never change through the years.
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The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.
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The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.
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There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.
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Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.
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To die will be an awfully big adventure.
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We are all failures - at least, all the best of us are.
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We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.
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The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.
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