The ripest peach is highest on the tree.


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The most effective way to cope with change is to help create it.


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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart.

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The bare recollection of anger kindles anger.


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Staying angry with you is how I protect myself from you. Refusing to forgive you is not only how I punish you: it is also how I keep you from getting close enough to hurt me again, and nine times out of ten it works - only there is a serious side effect. It is called bitterness, and it can do terrible things to the human body and soul.

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Real unselfishness consits in sharing the interests of others.

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Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

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Never mistake motion for action.

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Move out man! Life is fleeting by. Do something wortwhile, before you die. Leave behind a work sublime, that will outlive you and time.

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Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.


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Let deeds match words.


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It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.





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In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.


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If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over precipices, we should never be depressed, I've no doubt; but already should be faded, fatalistic and aged.

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"Have you heard of the man who got shot?" said one fellow to another.
" Got shot? No!" exclaimed the other. "How did he get shot?"
"He bought it."
shot - 1. выстрел; 2. дробь (охотничья)
to get shot - 1. быть застреленым; 2. достать дробь

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"Jim," said the puzzled young clerk to his friend, "what is a good thing to give a girl for a birthday present?"
"I gave my girl a ring," replied Jim.
His companion shook his head.
"I couldn't afford it," he answered. "How much did it cost?"
"Nothing," smiled Jim. "She's a telephone operator."

to give one a ring - 1. дать или подарить кому-то кольцо; 2. позвонить кому-то (по телефону)
telephone operator - телефонистка

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Talks On Belarusian-Russian Union Deadlocked
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenko said today that talks with Russia on plans to create a union state have reached a deadlock.
Russia and Belarus signed an initial agreement on a «union state» in 1996 but few concrete details have been worked out.
At a news conference today, Lukashenko said the moment has been reached when the two sides are «unable to take a step forward.»
He said the Russian leadership wants to review the agreement but that he will not agree to this because «this would mean my political death.»
Lukashenko also complained about a lack of progress in cooperation in the oil and gas industry.
Lukashenko has offered Russia's gas giant Gazprom a controlling stake in Belarus's state gas company, Beltransgaz. But today he reiterated that he will not sell the company at an unfair price.
He also said Belarus is considering alternatives to Russian fuel, and said one option is gas from Turkmenistan.



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Teacher (paying a visit): Are your father and mother in, Morton?
Morton: They was in, but they is out.
Teacher: Why, Morton! They was in!' They is out!' Where is your grammar?
Morton: She's upstairs taking her nap.

to be in = to be at home
to be out = not to be at home
Мортон смешивает слова grammar - грамматика и grandma-grandmother - бабушка
to take one's nap = to sleep

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