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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
Opinion
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True
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Unless
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... a woman who has been a nun is never anything else.
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The two best subjects for conversation are talking shop and making love.
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artists are exposed to great temptations: their eyes see paradise before their souls have reached it, and that is a great danger.
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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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I am never at picnics. The ground was not meant to be sat upon in its raw state, I feel sure, and I prefer my food without either caterpillars or drafts!
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If money had been the way to save the world, Christ himself would have been rich.
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A blossom must break the sheath it has been sheltered by.
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I wonder how often not the intention but the desire springs up in a doctor's mind: 'Can I let this human being out of the trap of Life?
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People who talk of new lives believe there will be no new troubles.
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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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... not being liked has a certain virtue about it, if the reason for the dislike does not lie in yourself!
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Truth is its own defense.
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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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