The road up and the road down is one and the same. Fragments
"He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed." The Analects of Confucius
The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts. Book V
The dressmaker doesn't have problems unless the dress has to hide rather than reveal. The Post Office Girl
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