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Shallow men speak of the past; wise men of the present and fools of the future


Madame Marie du Deffand

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MADAME SWETCHINE How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.
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MADAME SWETCHINE We are rich only through what we give; and poor only through we refuse and keep.
MADAME SWETCHINE In this world of change naught which comes stays and naught which goes is lost.
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MADAME SWETCHINE Youth should be a savings bank.
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DU FU The weeping voices rise straight up and strike the clouds. A passer-by at the roadside asks a conscr...
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DU COEUR This morning's scene is good and fine, Long rain has not harmed the land.
DU FU That shows that the current system is outdated. We must transform this system.
DU YING Other than fruits, which we buy, we eat only what we grow and raise - rice and vegetables, and a pig...
DU CHONGAN Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
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DU YUXIN Water quality has improved dramatically. Drinking water is very secure and even better than before.
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DU YING We have to recognize that there is a problem of taking farmers' land at a very low price.
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DU PLESSIS After the battle, many new ghosts cry, The solitary old man murmurs in his grief.
DU FU This morning's scene is good and fine, Long rain has not harmed the land.
DU FU This cream will help one's nature strengthen and grow, The diet gives support in my decline.
DU FU We spend only 30,000 yuan to build our houses, but their homes cost 300,000 yuan.
DU CHONGAN My dad couldn't even afford a bicycle, now I have a motorcycle. When my son gets to be my age, he'll...
DU CHONGAN My path is full of petals–I have swept it for no others.
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DU FU This cream will help one's nature strengthen and grow, The diet gives support in my decline.
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MADAME DE STAEL The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
MADAME DE STAEL Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
MADAME DE STAEL That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself foun...
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MADAME DE STAEL A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.
MADAME DE STAEL Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one pr...
MADAME DE STAEL To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
MADAME DE STAEL Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things ...
MADAME DE STAEL Love is the whole history of a woman's life, it is but an episode in a man's.
MADAME DE STAEL Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
MADAME DE STAEL Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
MADAME DE STAEL The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it...
MADAME DE STAEL Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the check...
MADAME DE STAEL We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.
MADAME DE STAEL One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
MADAME DE STAEL Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
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MADAME DE STAEL The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.
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MADAME DE GIRARDIN The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
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MADAME DOROTHE DELUZY Instinct is the nose of the mind.
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MADAME DE STAEL The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
MADAME DE STA Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them.
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MADAME DOROTHéE DELUZY We believe at once in evil, we only believe in good upon reflection. Is this not sad?.
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MADAME DE STAEL Nothing is more adroit than irreproachable conduct
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NATALIE DU TOIT I've been lucky enough to travel the world and win awards and medals, but it was time to stop.
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NATALIE DU TOIT I say, 'If I'm able to go out there and achieve a dream, then anybody can do it.'
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NATALIE DU TOIT I never thought of being disadvantaged.
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NATALIE DU TOIT When you are racing in an able-bodied competition, you're all equal and you go out there and try...
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NATALIE DU TOIT I just want to be myself and go for my own dreams and goals.
NATALIE DU TOIT My message is not just to disabled people, but to everyone: You have to work hard.
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NATALIE DU TOIT Once your dream is fulfilled you face another one.
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DAPHNE DU MAURIER Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.
DAPHNE DU MAURIER I love the stillness of a room, after a party. The chairs are moved, the cushions disarranged, every...
DAPHNE DU MAURIER Believe in life! Always human beings will progress to greater, broader, and fuller life.
W.E.B. DU BOIS I have no talent for making new friends, but oh such genius for fidelity to old ones.
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CHARLES DU BOS No vision and you perish; No Ideal, and you're lost; Your heart must ever cherish Some faith at any ...
HARRIET DU AUTERMONT It is not good enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
CHARLES DU BOS All autobiography is self-indulgent.
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DAPHNE DU MAURIER Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.
W.E.B. DU BOIS The days of rejoicing are gone forever. [Fr., Ils sont passes ces jours de fete.]
JACQUES DU LORENS The Ritz in London has an old-fashioned charm, with waiters wearing tails and white gloves. The dini...
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CHARLES DU BOS Sick I am of idle words, past all reconciling,
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