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The heart is wiser than the intellect.

Wisdom

Life's a bitch. Then you marry one.

Anger Divorce Experience Humor Life Marriage Negativity

No foundation. All the way down the line.

Miscellaneous

They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.

Courage

History is the record of what one age finds worthy of note in another.

History

Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.

Criticism

Shenron: Speak. Name your wish. Say it now and it will be so granted.

Wishes

The body becomes what the foods are, as the spirit becomes what the thoughts are.

Food

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

Art

My socks may not match, but my feet are always warm.

Gratitude

Life is totally about losing everything. As life goes on, we lose more than we acquire.

Life

Life is a horizontal fall.

Life

Before you make a friend eat a bushel of salt with him.

Friendship

I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.

Loneliness

History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.

History

Our characters are the result of our conduct.

Character

You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.

Family

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Art Mistakes Science

In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.

Courage

A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

Writing