False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.

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"My blind eyes are desperately waiting for the sight of you."

- Richard Burton

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"I have to think hard to name an interesting man who does not drink."

- Richard Burton

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"The gladdest moment in human life, me thinks, is a departure into unknown lands."

- Richard Burton

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"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."

- Maya Angelou

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"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

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"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."

- Michael Lopp

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"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

- David Brinkley

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"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."

- Pete Cashmore

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