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It is more than their land that you take away from the people, whose native land you take. It is their past as well, their roots and their identity. If you take away the things that they have been used to see and will be expecting to see, you may, in a way, as well take their eyes.

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Oscar Wilde

The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

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What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

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Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

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They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about.

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It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

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