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We all know that a good example is more effective than advice. So set a good example, and it won't take long for others to follow.

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People will always follow a good example; be the one to set a good example, then it won't be long before the others follow.

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We're all alive, but we don't know why or what for; we're all searching for happiness; we're all leading lives that are different and yet the same.

The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)

You can be lonely even when you're loved by many people, since you're still not anybody's "one and only".

The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)

I trust to luck and do nothing but work, hoping that all will end well.

The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)

Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?

The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)

Fine specimens of humanity, those Germans, and to think that I am actually one of them!

The Diary of a Young Girl (1942)

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