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True religion must fight against Evil in man and be aside him, being the only way to avoid existing Evil of the human self in another type of Evil that will be closer to Good or could even surpass it in Goodness. It will consequently determine...

Quote by Sorin Cerin about religion, self-control, human imperfections, perfection, being, fight, good, good luck, man

Just as the office worker dreams of murdering his hated boss and so is saved from really murdering him, so it is with the author; with his great dreams he helps his readers to survive, to avoid their worst intentions.

Quote by Ernesto Sabato about literature, dream, workers, heads

The best way to avoid a bad action is by doing a good...

The best way to avoid a bad action is by doing a good one, for there is no difficulty in the world like that of trying to do nothing.

Quote by John Clare about action, difficulties, bad luck, bad, nothing, world, good, good luck

The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, ...

The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham about world

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy...

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

Quote by André Maurois about happiness, meditation, past

To be witty is not enough. One must possesses sufficient...

To be witty is not enough. One must possesses sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

Quote by André Maurois about humor

But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it’s better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you’re fighting for.

Quote by Paulo Coelho about suffering, dream, life, contentment

Hypocrisy is not just a fault, as the moralist writers think, but also a way to conserve your energy and avoid embarrassing situations. Madam Voltaire, 1979

Quote by Teodor Mazilu about hypocrisy, writers

He lost his life, avoiding the death.

He lost his life, avoiding the death.

Quote by Costel Zăgan about aphorisms, death, life

Killer Queen She keeps her Moet et Chandon In her pretty cabinet "Let them eat cake", she says Just like Marie Antoinette A built-in remedy For Kruschev and Kennedy At anytime an invitation You can't decline Caviar and cigarettes...

Quote by Freddie Mercury about poetry, mind, perfume, decline, cars, conversation, contentment, action, man

I believe firmly in reconciliation among Vietnamese to avoid unnecessary shedding of the blood of Vietnamese.

VQuote by Văn Minh Dương

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