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It's a good thing to learn early that other people's opinions do not matter, unless they happen to be true.

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Phyllis Bottome
Age: 81 †
Born: 1882
Born: May 31
Died: 1963
Died: August 22
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Phyllis Forbes Dennis
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... the ears of the hunted grow even keener than a hunter's.
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Love comes into your being like a tidal wave ... sometimes it withdraws like a wave, till there isn't such a thing as a pool left, and every bit of your heart is as dry as seaweed beyond the wave's reach.
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There is no thermometer for wants!
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All persecution is a sign of fear for if we did not fear the power of an opinion different from our own, we should not mind others holding it.
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Where there is laughter there is always more health than sickness.
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A desire that has never been fulfilled is considerably less acute than one that has been fulfilled and then checked at the source.
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There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
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That a Jew is despised or persecuted is bad for him, of course-but far worse for the Christian who does it-for although persecuted he can remain a good Jew-whereas no Christian who persecutes can possibly remain-if he ever was one-a good Christian.
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Truth, though it has many disadvantages, is at least changeless. You can always find it where you left it.
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... can life be made undignified by any act of man?
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... not being liked has a certain virtue about it, if the reason for the dislike does not lie in yourself!
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A refugee is as helpless as a new born child - but not so appealing! Besides, a new born child has no memories!
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When a reserved person once begins to talk, nothing can stop him and he does not want to have to listen, until he has quite finished his unfamiliar exertion.
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