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"There is no greater enemy to those who would please than expectation."
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"There is no greater enemy to those who would please than expectation."
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"To halve the number of times that other people hurt you: halve the number of expectations that you have from other people."
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"The society and surroundings pressures us to do what they want us to do and be what they want us to be."
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"Mrs Lynde says, "Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed." But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed."
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"In life your expectations and disappointments are directly linked. So too is your heartfulness and your contentedness."
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"Don't be a slave to expectations - yours or others'."
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"Ambition is not a vice of little people."
People
"In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum."
Education
"Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face."
Age
"He who does not live in some degree for others hardly lives for himself."
Philosophy
"We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void."
Conscience
"Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly."
Caution
"I quote others in order to better express my own self."
Inspirational
"Excellent memories are often coupled with feeble judgments."
Reflection
"It is not reasonable that art should win the place of honor over our great and powerful mother Nature. We have so overloaded the beauty and richness of her works by our inventions that we have quite smothered her."
Art
"If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it."
Nature
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