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4. Unforgettable thoughts

5. “I agreed to coexist peacefully with time: he won’t chase me and I won’t evade him, one day we will find each other.” (Mario Lago)

6. “Don’t follow the beaten path because it will only lead you to the same place where others have already been.” (Grahan Bell) “There is always a bit of lunacy in love, although there is also a bit of reason in lunacy.” (F. Nietzshe)

7. “Time is very slow for those who wait, very fast for those who fear it, very long for those who regret, very short for those who celebrate it. But, for those who love, time is eternity.” (William Shakespeare)

8. “Love is the best music in life. Without it you will be eternally out of tune in humanity’s immense chorus.” (Roque Schneider ) “Love me when I least deserve it, since that’s when I most need it.” (Chinese proverb)

9. “Live can only be understood by looking back; it can be lived only by looking forward.” (Soren Kierkegaard) “Why repeat the same mistakes when there are so many new ones that need to be made?” (Bertrand Russel)

10. “If I could return to my childhood, I would make the same mistakes, but I would make them earlier.” (Tallulah Bankhead) “You cannot teach anything to a man; you can only help him to find the answer within.” (Galileo Galilei)

11. “There are people who talk to us but we do not listen; there are people who hurt us yet leave no scar; but there are people who simply appear in our lives and mark us forever.” (Cecília Meireles) “True philosophy is learning how to once again see the world.” (Merleau-Ponty )

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