Reality
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We may shut out reality but not memories. |
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The reality is hardly ever as pleasant as the imaginary. |
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To dream is happiness – to wake is reality. |
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Food, warmth and shelter are the essentials – the rest, to some degree, is luxury. |
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Only the truth really hurts. |
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In our pain we have no pity for others. |
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We weep for the beauty that could be and the horrors that are. |
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Expectation is the better part of realisation. |
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It is good to hope but foolish to depend on it. |
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We dislike many things in order not to dislike ourselves. |
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What attracts us to someone seldom binds us to them. |
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An iron chain or a silk cord can both imprison. |
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You can’t fill your purse with dreams. |
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Try to be reasonable and it will be taken for weakness. |
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Only through violence may brutality sometimes be ended. |
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Sometimes the best gain is to lose. |
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We can only impress ourselves. |
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We don’t always wish to hear the truth. |
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Many kiss the baby for the sake of the nurse. |
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A man doesn’t comfort a pretty widow just out of kindness. |
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Vows begin when hopes end. |
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The art of living is the avoidance of the unobtainable. |
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Freedom means responsibility – that’s why most dread it. |
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A blind man won’t thank you for a mirror. |
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Once something has been invented it cannot be disinvented. |
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Don’t fear the weapon – fear the man. |
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Fantasy can’t disappoint – only reality can. |
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What use is a sundial at night? |
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Anticipation is worse than the reality. |
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