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 If the nose of Cleopatra had been shorter, the whole face of the 
earth would have been changed.  
 If the nose of Cleopatra had been shorter, the whole face of the 
earth would have been changed. 
I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.
I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.
 Nor ease nor peace that heart can know,
 That like the needle true,
  Turns at the touch read more 
 Nor ease nor peace that heart can know,
 That like the needle true,
  Turns at the touch of joy or woe;
   But turning, trembles too. 
We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other read more
We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.
Blessed influence of one true loving human soul on another.
Blessed influence of one true loving human soul on another.
 My heart is feminine, nor can forget--
 To all, except one image, madly blind;
  So shakes the read more 
 My heart is feminine, nor can forget--
 To all, except one image, madly blind;
  So shakes the needle, and so stands the pole,
   As vibrates my fond heart to my fix'd soul. 
 Ah, who could have ever foretold that that little retrousse nose 
would change the laws of an empire.
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 Ah, who could have ever foretold that that little retrousse nose 
would change the laws of an empire.
 [Fr., Ah, qui jamais autoir pu dire
  Que ce petit nez retrousse
   Changerait les lois d'un empire.] 
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
 You've got to save your own soul first, and then the souls of 
your neighbors if they will let read more 
 You've got to save your own soul first, and then the souls of 
your neighbors if they will let you; and for that reason you must 
cultivate, not a spirit of criticism, but the talents that 
attract people to the hearing of the Word.