"Dead people receive more flowers than the..." - Quote by Anne Frank
Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because the regret is stronger than gratitude.
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“Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!”
“The world has plenty of room, riches, money and beauty ... Let us begin by dividing it more fairly.”
“You can get around to meaningful conversations more quickly in the dark than with the sun tickling your face.”
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“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see - i.e. compare it to, something worse or better, that determines whether you are respectively grateful and happy or ungrateful and bitter.”
“When you find yourself ready to complain about what you don't have, stop for a moment to consider what incredible things you do have. And resolve to make the most of it all.”
“If we do not feel grateful for what we already have, what makes us think we'd be happy with more.”