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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Alexander Pope

Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality.

Emily Dickinson

As You Like It.

William Shakespeare

The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.

Socrates

Not all those who wander are lost.

J.R.R. Tolkien

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Aesop

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you would be loved, love, and be lovable.

Benjamin Franklin

Even a cornered rat will bite a cat.

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Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Haruki Murakami