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Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

Anne Frank

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Anne Frank
Age: 15 †
Born: 1929
Born: June 12
Died: 1945
Died: March 31
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Frankfurt/Main
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Anne Maries Frank
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Anne M. Frank
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Riches, power and fame last only for a few years! Why do people cling so desperately to these transitory things? Why can't people who have more than they need for themselves give that surplus to their fellow citizens? Why should some people have such a hard time during their few years on this earth?
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Sometimes I think God is trying to test me, both now and in the future. I'll have to become a good person on my own, without anyone to serve as a model or advise me, but it'll make me stronger in the end.
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I long to ride a bike, dance, whistle, look at the world, feel young and know that I'm free, and yet I can't let it show. Just imagine what would happen if all eight of us were to feel sorry for ourselves or walk around with the discontent clearly visible on our faces. Where would that get us?
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Sometimes I believe that God wants to try me, both now and later on I must become good through my own efforts, without examples and without good advice.
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This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success.
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A quiet conscience makes one strong!
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The world has plenty of room, riches, money and beauty ... Let us begin by dividing it more fairly.
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One must apply one's reason to everything here, learning to obey, to shut up, to help, to be good, to give in, and I don't know what else. I'm afraid I shall use up all my brains too quickly, and I haven't got so very many. Then I shall not have any left for when the war is over.
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Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.
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There's one golden rule to keep before you: laugh about everything and don't bother yourself about the others!
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I've found that there is always some beauty left-in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself these can all help you. Look at these things, then you find yourself again, and God, and then you regain your balance. And whoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!
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Those who have courage and faith shall never perish in misery
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I can't help telling you that I've begin to feel deserted.
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Paper is more patient than man.
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Go outsideamidst the simple beauty of natureand know that as long as places like this exist, there will be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be.
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by thinking, nobody can ever get worse but will only get better.
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Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.
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I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again.
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I don't believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty otherwise, people and nations would have rebelled long ago!.
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