671 books
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563 voters
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“A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.”
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“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
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“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
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