Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

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"I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."

- Thomas Jefferson

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"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."

- Thomas Jefferson

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""I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.""

- Thomas Jefferson

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"I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another."

- Thomas Jefferson

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- Thomas Jefferson

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"We cannot control who we fall in love with, but we can choose how we treat them."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"I think it takes a strong man to be in a relationship with a strong woman. A lot of people hear the word ‘diva’ and think of it as a negative. I see it as a positive. I want somebody who knows what they want out of life and isn’t afraid to show it."

- Nick Cannon

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"It’s not what’s under the tree that matters, it’s who’s gathered around it."

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"As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December’s bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same."

- Donald E. Westlake

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"A man who correctly guesses a woman’s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright."

- Lucille Ball

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