exercise 28

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to 

stand up to our friends. — Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who 

resort to them worse than their enemies. — Wuthering Height

Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have 

others think of us. — Pride and Prejudice

Who says it is winter? When you are by my side, I feel flowers and birds singing 

cicadas. — Jane Eyre

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. — 

The Hound of the Baskervilles

It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important. — 

The Little Prince

Sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not 

enough sky. — The House on Mango Street

The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid. — The Wizard of Oz

It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

So all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a 

link of it. — A Study in Scarlet

The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own 

smallness. — The Sign of the Four

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. — 

The Great Gatsby

Only the poet or the saint can water an asphalt pavement in the confident 

anticipation that lilies will reward his labour. — The Moon and Sixpence