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Some of us cling to our curses if we haven't anything better to cling to!
Phyllis Bottome
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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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death ... is not a great affair! Think - it happens once only - to each of us - as birth does. What do you know about being born? that - and no more - will you know about the act of death.
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When you know a person particularly well, you cannot escape their ruffled feelings.
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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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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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Luck enters into every contingency. You are a fool if you forget it -- and a greater fool if you count upon it.
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Things that happen, however painful they are at the time, do not matter very much for long. Only how we behave to them matters.
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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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... the ears of the hunted grow even keener than a hunter's.
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