“Music is the shorthand of emotion.”
Leo Tolstoy, quoted in the Roanoke, Va., Times
“Patience and time do more than strength or passion.”
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“The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings.”
William Hazlitt, quoted in the London Guardian
“Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.”
Eleanor Roosevelt, quoted in HuffingtonPost.com
“People always call it luck when you’ve acted more sensibly than they have.”
Novelist Anne Tyler, quoted in RealSimple.com
“Several excuses are always less convincing than one.”
Aldous Huxley, quoted in the London Times
“They’ve great respect for the dead in Hollywood, but none for the living.”
Errol Flynn, quoted in The Wall Street Journal
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