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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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Fantasy is toxic: the private cruelty and the world war both have their start in the heated brain. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. – T.S. Eliot

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We talk much more about individualism and liberty than our ancestors. But as so often happens, when anything becomes conscious, the consciousness is compensatory for absence in practice. – John Dewey

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The sinning is the best part of repentance. – Arab Proverb

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Be it true or false, what is said about men often has as much influence on their lives, and especially on their destinies, as what they do. – Victor Hugo

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Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. – Francis Bacon

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