Rumi
Poet, Philosopher
"Many of the faults you see in others, dear reader, are your own nature reflected in them."
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Samuel Beckett
Playwright, Novelist
"Dear incomprehension, it's thanks to you I'll be myself, in the end."
Mother Teresa
Missionary, Nun
"In the end, dear friend, it is always between us and God, not between us and them."
Roger Williams
Theologian, Minister
"Having bought truth dear, we must not sell it cheap, not the least grain of it for the whole world."
Freddie Mercury
Musician, Singer
"Gay as a daffodil."
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"I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear."
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"Life is dear to all beings, they have the right to live the same that we do."
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"Sin ought to be something exquisite, my dear boy."
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"Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson."
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"Dear Jesus, do something."
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"Once we dreamt that we were strangers. We wake up to find that we were dear to each other."
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"Dear soul, don't set a high value on someone before they deserve it; You either lose them or ruin yourself...!"
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"Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will."
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"My religion? Well, my dear, I am a Millionaire. That is my religion."
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"[When asked what was the inspiration for most of her work:] Need of money, dear."
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"If you hold yourself dear, protect yourself well."
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"Those alone are dear to Divinity who are hostile to injustice."
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"There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear."
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"Nothing is so dear as what you're about to leave."
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"Dear me, how I love a library."
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"O lands! O all so dear to me - what you are, I become part of that, whatever it is."
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"What, my dear Lady Disdain! are you yet living? Beatrice: Is it possible disdain should die while she hath such meet food to feed it as Signior Benedick?"
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"All things are cheap to the saving, dear to the wasteful"
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"The right to be irresponsible and stupid is something I hold very dear. And luckily it is something I do well."
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"A man often pays dear for a small frugality."
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