Dante Alighieri Quotes
This sorrow weighs upon the melancholy souls of those who lived without infamy or praise.
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I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.
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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
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The sweetest of all sounds is praise.
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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.
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Sorrow lies like a heartbeat behind everything I have written.
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Some praise me because I am a colored girl, and I don't want that kind of praise. I had rather you would point out my defects, for that will teach me something.
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Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.
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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.
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Our aim has also been to find a design that will begin to repair both the wounded cityscape and our wounded souls, to provide a place for the contemplation of both loss and new life.
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We say, sorrow, disaster, calamity. God says, chastening and it sounds sweet to him though it is a discord to our ears. Don't faint when you are rebuked, and don't despise the chastening of the Lord. In your patience possess your souls.
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Sorrow burns up a great amount of shallowness.
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My heart is tuned to sorrow, and the strings Vibrate most readily to minor chords, Searching and sad; my mind is stuffed with words Which voice the passion and the ache of things: Illusions beating with their baffled wings Against the walls of circumstance.
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Inopportune consolations increase a deep sorrow.
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Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.
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Never allow your own sorrow to absorb you, but seek out another to console, and you will find consolation.
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That each sorrow has its purpose, By the sorrowing oft unguessed, But as sure as the sun brings morning, Whatever is-is best.
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An actor is a man with an infinite capacity for taking praise.
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To try to become happy is to try to build a machine with no other specifications than it shall run noiselessly.
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Of course, there are those critics - New York critics as a rule - who say, 'Well, Maya Angelou has a new book out and of course it's good but then she's a natural writer.' Those are the ones I want to grab by the throat and wrestle to the floor because it takes me forever to get it to sing. I work at the language.
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An anxious mind cannot exist in a relaxed body.” Body and mind are inextricably related in anxiety.
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This sorrow weighs upon the melancholy souls of those who lived without infamy or praise.
