We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as the antithesis of success, but it isn't. Success often lies just the other side of failure.

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"A single rose can be my garden…a single friend, my world."

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"A life lived in love will never be dull."

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"Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade."

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