Let the water flow beneath the bridge; let men be men, that is to say, weak, vain, inconstant, unjust, false, and presumptuous; let the world be the world still; you cannot prevent it. Let every one follow his own inclination and habits; you cannot recast them, and the best course is, to let them be as they are and bear with them. Do not think it strange when you witness unreasonableness and injustice; rest in peace in the bosom of God; He sees it all more clearly than you do, and yet permits it. Be content to do quietly and gently what it becomes you to do, and let everything else be to you as though it were not.
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I think you have to let go of this idea that you can be precious about everything, and let it be the... RYAN REYNOLDS Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not ... THE BIBLE Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD Think of the patience God has had for you and let it resonate to others. If you want a more patient ... STEVE MARABOLI Let everything you do project Upward and it will always be projected in the best ways inward and out... JOEY TALLADINO 28. Feelings are neither right nor wrong. It's what you do with them that causes the problems. JAMES C. DOBSON When someone is bullying you, don't let it get to you. I remember my friends in school, someone ... KAITLYN DEVER You do not give a great biographer a timetable. You let them do their work and, in due course, publi... SONNY MEHTA I know that everyone who listens to radio creates you in a visual image that they need you to have. ... TERRY GROSS To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it again... MARY OLIVER To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it again... MARY OLIVER Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by... WILLIAM PENN Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by... WILLIAM PENN Let them ask who you are but do not let others dictate who you should be. HOCKSON FLOIN One day, you muster the courage and let go of the fear. In a brief moment of insanity, you give wing... K.J. KILTON Do you love me as the person that I am now, or do you love me as the person I used to be? ANTHONY T. HINCKS Watch any plant or animal and let it teach you acceptance of what is, surrender to the Now. Let... ECKHART TOLLE If it's what you do and you can do it, then you do it. VAN MORRISON It ain't bragging if you can do it. DIZZY DEAN Let men position you in the den, God will make you a Daniel in the den. Let men position you to face... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I think women let themselves be burdened by failures much more than men do. They agonize - and I do ... HEIDI ROIZEN You can be all that you want to be. Keep dreaming and reach out to your dreams. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are ... GERMANY KENT It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN Do it and they will follow CHARMAINE J. FORDE You should not waste life in spending proving right and wrong. You leave all things to its place as ... DR. SHAILESH THAKER Let it be then let it go. DEBASISH MRIDHA You realize you've forgiven people, your past and yourself when you don't speak bad about them anymo... SANHITA BARUAH When we look it is always forward ,but if we did not think of the past at all we would not be able t... GARY F EVANS... Let's don't do it again and again, posting the same, saying the same and the same. It's pointless! DEYTH BANGER Do. Then talk. In that order. SOTERO M LOPEZ II Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not pre... ROBERT EMMET We shouldn’t deny ourselves the joyful, peaceful delight in continuing to look up at the glorious,... MISHI MCCOY What is wrong is wrong and what is right is right. If it is therefore wrong to do what is wrong, the... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH You are the commanders, your men will look to you and act as you do. Let no officer keep to himself ... STEVEN PRESSFIELD If you like it, let it be, and if you don't please do the same. ANI DIFRANCO Let us be the ones who say we do not accept that a child dies every three seconds simply because he ... BRAD PITT Be all that you can be. You can be great. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, t... AYN RAND A circle of women may just be the most powerful force known to humanity. If you have one, embrace it... JEANETTE LEBLANC Sometimes it's like: If something terrifies you, you should totally do it BECAUSE it terrifies you. ... JONATHAN SACCONE-JOLY We're in the world, not against it. It doesn't work to try to stand outside things and run them... URSULA K. LE GUIN There will be people who admire your strength and courage. But, there will also be those willing to ... AMAKA IMANI NKOSAZANA Never climb the tree with the reason of plucking a fruit; only to get there and pick a leaf. Let eve... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Daisy stared worriedly into his shadowed face. “What if you change your mind about me? What if you... LISA KLEYPAS It is so hard to be a girl and want what you have never had. To be a child and want what you cannot ... DOROTHY ALLISON Only when you learn to let go the past, you begin healing. So, learn to let go of things and accept ... BHAWANA JAIN Be the Best YOU you can BE because only YOU can do that. LORRIN L. LEE When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, let ... PAUL MCCARTNEY 7 Rules to a Happy Life: 1. Be humble 2. Don’t worry 3. Don't settle for les... GERMANY KENT Just like any one of us, they started with no road map or guarantee of success. But they went out an... CAMILLE SWEENEY Let us be the ones who say we do not accept that a child dies every three seconds simply because he ... BRAD PITT Now that lilacs are in bloom She has a bowl of lilacs in her room And twists one in her fi... T.S. ELIOT Who cares what THEY think, what do YOU think? You can't control others' perception of you, so just b... DAN O'DONNELL And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his no... BIBLE
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VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) It is new fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) The man visited by ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for realities is an enthusiast; the man w... VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) It is only through timidity that states are lost. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is ind... VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) Exaggeration is the inseparable companion of greatness. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two, th... VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) The punishment of criminals should serve a purpose. When a man is hanged he is useless. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pl... VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) We owe respect to the living. To the dead we owe only truth. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those wh... VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) Paradise is Where I Am. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the... VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) He who doesn't have the spirit of his time, has all its misery. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) We are rarely proud when we are alone. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) I die adoring God,loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy; the mad daughter of a wise mother. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever. FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that in the end, we become disguised to oursel... FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD If we had no faults we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others. FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom. FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy. FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD When one man speaks to another man who doesn't understand him, and when the man who's speaking no lo... VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) I believe that there never was a creator of a philosophical system who did not confess at the end of... VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divi... FRANçOIS AUGUSTE RENé RODIN All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense. FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we shou... FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does. FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised befo... FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one’s ability. FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not. FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set... FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been t... FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each o... FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD A woman often thinks she regrets the lover, when she only regrets the love FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a... FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD The passions are the only advocates which always persuade. They are a natural art, the rules of whic... FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised. FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art. FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD One may outwit another, but not all the others. FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Hypocrisy is a tribute that vice pays to virtue. FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans t... FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others. FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we h... FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Our virtues are most frequently but vices in disguise. FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD One forgives to the degree that one loves. FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an art... FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about ac... FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD The only thing constant in life is change FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have ha... FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit. FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Neither love nor fire can subsist without perpetual motion; both cease to live so soon as they cease... FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD The most certain sign of being born with great qualities is to be born without envy FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD