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A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living...  
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.  
Actors are one family over the entire world.  
Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable...  
Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I ...  
As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came alo...  
Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking a...  
Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized a...  
For it isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And i...  
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom co...  
Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one can...  
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.  
Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an...  
I could never say in the morning, "I have a headache and cannot do thu...  
I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside a...  
I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was n...  
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother t...  
I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' somet...  
If you have any interests you can gain a wider audience for those inte...  
If, as I can't help suspecting, the dead also feel the pains of separa...  
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The proce...  
It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.  
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yoursel...  
It is not more vacation we need - it is more vocation.  
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it is...   Peace
It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever interested her husba...  
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.  
Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.  
Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whate...  
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.  
Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them...   Age
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in th...  
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.  
Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age,...  
So I took an interest in politics, but I don't know whether I enjoyed ...  
Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say de...  
The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing ...  
The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think ...  
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.   Dreams
The giving of love is an education in itself.  
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your gu...  
The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without...  
There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really ...  
Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies ...  
Understanding is a two-way street.  
We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does no...  
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in wh...  
What is to give light must endure the burning.  
When all is said and done, and statesmen discuss the future of the wor...  
When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to...  
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.  
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.  
Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are i...  
You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than pe...  
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in whic...  
You must do the things you think you cannot do.