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Quote by Elizabeth Bowen
For people who live on expectations, to face up to their realizati

For people who live on expectations, to face up to their realization is something of an ordeal. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Bear shame and glory with an equal peace and an ever tranquil heart. – Bhagavad Gita

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A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones. – Lord Chesterfield

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Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him. – Erich Fromm

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The new frontier lies not beyond the planets but within each one of us. – Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Biodynamics

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