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Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction,

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch. – James Baldwin

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Rage cannot be hidden, it can only be dissembled. This dissembling deludes the thoughtless, and strengthens rage and adds, to rage, contempt. – James Baldwin

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It takes a while, but eventually we appreciate that the people who were always there for the special occasions of our youth had other things to do. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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At high tide the fish eat ants; at low tide the ants eat fish. – Thai Proverb

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The reverse side also has a reverse side. – Japanese Proverb

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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress. РJoseph Joubert, Pens̩es, 1842

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Books are immortal sons deifying their sires. – Plato

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Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. – Michael Jordan

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Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes — our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking around. – G. K. Chesterton

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