This is going to be a very trying year for people with Triskaidekaphobia, also known as the fear of the number 13. 对于那些患有数字13恐惧症的人们来说，今年可真是难熬的一年。 While the superstitious folks afflicted with thi
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Swallows may have gone, but there is a time of return; willow trees may have died back, but there is a time of regreening; peach blossoms may have fallen, but they will bloom again. Now, you the wise, tell me, why should our days leave us, never to r
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The Fox and the HedgehogA FOX swimming across a rapid river was carried by the force ofthe current into a very deep ravine, where he lay for a long timevery much bruised, sick, and unable to move. A swarm of hungryblood-sucking flies settled upon him
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伯兰特罗素（1872年5月18日－1970年2月2日）是二十世纪最有影响力的哲学家、数学家和逻辑学家之一，同时也是活跃的政治活动家，并致力于哲学的大众化、普及化。无数人将罗素视为这个时代
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To forgive may be divine, but no one ever said it was easy. When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be extremely difficult to let go of your grudge. But forgiveness is possible -- and it can be surprisingly beneficial to your physical and mental hea
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世间万物皆有自己的季节，做任何事情也有一个恰当的时机。如果有机会，你也可以在雨中狂奔一回She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful brown haired, 1)freckle
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Observe a child; any one will do. You will see that not a day passes in which he does not find something or other to make him happy, though he may be in tears the next moment. Then look at a man; any one of us will do. You will notice that weeks and
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英国歌手阿黛尔和男友西蒙考内奇相恋5年，至今仍未结婚，不过她在2012年为男友生下儿子安吉洛，家庭生活十分幸福美满，之前也曾在演唱会中，对全场歌迷喊话自己要在巡演结束后，再拼二
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If only wed never gone there, thought Alan. They were scrambling up the mountainside in the late afternoon heat. Alice was so tanned that she looked as if she had lived on the Mediterranean for months, while he, being fair, had turned a blotchy, peel
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The swallows and sparrows are very pleased to find a place on the roof of the hall for their nests. The mother birds are feeding their babies with pleasure, which assumes a scene of peace and harmony. But they have never thought of the following scen
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When Mary Van Beke was growing up in the 1920s, she lived in Newark, N.J., and was the oldest of four children. Her parents were immigrants from Europe. And as Mary tells her son, Charles, her parents managed a modest life for the family, until an ac
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Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful storms that raged across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc on the b
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Most people need to hear those three little words I love you. Once in a while, they hear them just in time. I met Connie the day she was admitted to the hospice1 ward, where I worked as a volunteer. Her husband, Bill, stood nervously nearby as she wa
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Larry's Lawn Chair Ride 梦想起飞，别一飞冲天 Larry Walters boyhood dream was not an unusual one: He wanted to fly. What was unusual, though, was the way he fulfilled it. After finishing school, Larry joined the U.S. Air Force, but was rejec
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自由思想与心灵的作用 杰基罗宾逊Free Minds and Hearts at Work by Jackie Robinson At the beginning of the World Series of 1947, I experienced a completely new emotion, when the National Anthem was played.This time, I thought, it is being
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A friend walk in when the rest of the world walks out.别人都走开的时候，朋友仍与你在一起。Sometimes in life,有时候在生活中，You find a special friend;你会找到一个特别的朋友;Someone who changes your life just by be
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There are times when we are faced with illnesses, disorders, disabilities some type of tragedy that causes us to lose contact with ourselves and the world in which we live. Our happiness begins to fade and our heart begins to grow heavy. This affects
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