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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Category: Great

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

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1 Age

  • 1. I am hoping for peaceful transition into a new age. Obama has already played a great role in initiating us into that vision. If he were to be harmed in any way it would spawn the birth of a million Obamas.
  • 2. I think it's your mental attitude. So many of us start dreading age in high school and that's a waste of a lovely life. 'Oh… I'm 30 oh I'm 40 oh 50.' Make the most of it.
  • 3. I never quite toed the line. I was a bit disruptive. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.' And now that's what I do for a living.

2 Amazing

  • 1. It's great that in the German language I've sold almost 30 million books. Isn't that amazing?
  • 2. The things that people do now in sports you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.
  • 3. It's amazing. I can't believe how brilliant the whole thing is – my daughter Georgia is just wonderful.

3 Anger

  • 1. For every minute you remain angry you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
  • 2. Beware of him that is slow to anger for when it is long coming it is the stronger when it comes and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.
  • 3. Experts say you should never hit your children in anger. When is a good time? When you're feeling festive?

4 Anniversary

  • 1. One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
  • 2. A lot of good love can happen in ten years.
  • 3. We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary.

5 Architecture

  • 1. And when an architect has designed a house with large windows which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses then curtains come to play a big role in architecture.
  • 2. I'd like to do a lot of things – whether in design or architecture or business.
  • 3. When I write now I do not invent situation characters or actions but rather structures and discursive forms textual groupings which are combined according to secret affinities among themselves as in architecture or the plastic arts.
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