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«Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles, and kindnesses, and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort»
Author: Humphrey Davy
| About:
Duty,
Kindness,
Life,
Obligation
| Keywords:
comfort, duties, habitually, kindnesses, made-up, obligations, preserve, sacrifices, secure, smiles
«History, although sometimes made up of the few acts of the great, is more often shaped by the many acts of the small.»
«I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.»
«I have often been downcast, but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In my diary I treat all the privations as amusing. I have made up my mind now to lead a different life from other girls and, later on, different from ordinary housewives. My start has been so very full of interest, and that is the sole reason why I have to laugh at the humorous side of the most dangerous moments.»
Author: Anne Frank
(Author)
| Keywords:
amusing, diaries, diary, downcast, hiding, housewives, humorous, Interesting Times, later on, made-up, privation, privations, romantic, sole
«If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.»
«It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has accumulated during the first half»
Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
(Novelist, Writer)
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accumulated, accumulates, accumulating, first half, habits, in fact, made-up, second half, Second Life, The Second
«Great acts are made up of small deeds.»
«It might well be said of me that here I have merely made up a bunch of other men's flowers, and provided nothing of my own but the string to bind them.»
Author: Michel de Montaigne
(Philosopher, Writer)
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bind, bunch, made-up, of my own, provided, string
«Life, Lady Stutfield, is simply a mauvais quart d'heure made up of exquisite moments.»
«Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Manners
| Keywords:
good manners, made-up, manners, petty, sacrifices
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