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Brief author info: Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741-1821) Born Salusbury; also known as Mrs. Thrale. English writer, intimate of Samuel Johnson.

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A physician can sometimes parry the scythe of death, but has no power over the sand in the hourglass.

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Tis never for their wisdom that one loves the wisest, or for their wit that one loves the wittiest; 'tis for benevolence and virtue and honest fondness one loves people.

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Violence Quote

Violence never settles anything right: apart from injuring your own soul, it injures the best cause. It lingers on long after the object of hate has disappeared from the scene to plague the lives of those who have employed it against their foes.

- Obafemi Awolowo

Love Quote

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

- Paulo Coelho

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Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.

- Albert Einstein

Success Quote

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

- Bill Cosby

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Never have a companion who casts you in the shade.

- Baltasar Gracian

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