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A life without a cause is a life without effect.

Paulo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 24
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We suffer because we feel we are giving more than we receive. We suffer because our love is going unrecognized. We suffer because we are unable to impose our own rules.
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Everything will happen as was written by the Lord, replied the prophet. There are moments when tribulations occur in our lives, and we cannot avoid them. But they are there for some reason. What reason? That is a question we cannot answer before, or even during the trials. Only when we have overcome them do we understand why they were
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The brave are always stubborn
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As so often in life, things are not always what it seems.
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simple things are the most valuable and only wise people appreciate them.
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Our body remains alive, yet sooner or later our soul will receive a mortal blow. The perfect crime--for we don't know who murdered our joy, what their motives were, or where the guilty parties are to be found.
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