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  1. Before diagnosing depression and low self-esteem, make sure... (Sigmund Freud)

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    (a) that you trust your own opinion;
    (b) that you are not jealous of your mother;
    c) that they are not surrounded by idiots.

  2. “Not the great who never fell, but the great.” (Confucius)

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    (a) who has never regretted falling;
    (b) who fell and got up;
    c) who helped others to stand up.

  3. The problem is that without risk, we... (Marcus Aurelius)

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    (a) not drinking champagne;
    (b) achieve nothing;
    (c) risk a hundred times as much.

  4. If you want to make the world happy, go home and... (Mother Teresa)

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    (a) love your family;
    (b) hug the children;
    (c) kiss your wife.

  5. "Defeat yourself and you will win..." (Buddha)



    (a) the strongest enemy;
    (b) thousands of battles;
    c) whatever you want.

  6. There is only one way to avoid criticism. (Aristotle)

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    (a) do nothing, say nothing and be nothing;
    (b) do not listen, do not look, do not speak;
    c) criticize first.

  7. “Impossible is just a loud word behind which they hide...” (Mohammad Ali)

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    (a) minor weaknesses;
    (b) small people;
    (c) small ambitions.

  8. Do not be afraid of enemies, be afraid of friends. (Johnny Depp)

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    (a) enemies do not betray;
    b) friends shoot in the back;
    c) betrayed by friends, not enemies!

  9. “You can fall in love with beauty, but you can fall in love.” (William Shakespeare)

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    (a) ugliness is also possible;
    (b) only the soul;
    (c) can be difficult.

  10. “We only love once in life and then....” (Sergei Yesenin)

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    (a) only tolerate;
    (b) looking only for similar;
    (c) there can be no love;
    (d) this phrase does not belong to Yesenin's pen.



Correct answers
  1. Before diagnosing depression and low self-esteem, make sure That you're not surrounded by idiots? Sigmund Freud changed man’s view of himself. And his statements do not lose relevance in the XXI century.
  2. “It is not the great who has never fallen, but the great who has never fallen.” Who fell and got up!?
    Everyone has been defeated at least once in his life, but not everyone has managed to get up and go further.
  3. “The problem is that without risk, we risk a hundred times as much? The philosopher emperor was right. And the proof of this folk wisdom, which says: whose risk, the benefit.
  4. If you want to make the world happy, go home and love your family?
  5. “Beat yourself and you will win thousand?
  6. “There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.?
  7. Impossible is just a loud word behind which little ones hide. folks?
  8. “Do not be afraid of enemies, be afraid of friends. Friends betray, not enemies!? This quote is hard to agree with. “Do not have a hundred rubles, but have a hundred friends” But you can't disagree. Alexander Sergeyevich wrote: “Everyone has enemies in the world, but save us from friends, God!” Those are my friends! I remembered them for good reason.

    There is a third point of view: “Do not be afraid of friends, they can only betray you; do not be afraid of enemies, they can only kill you; fear the indifferent, for only with their tacit consent treachery and murder are committed.”

  9. “You can fall in love with beauty, but you can love it.” only the soul.. Everyone dreams of finding their true love, but not everyone can see true beauty.
  10. “We love only once in life, and afterward.” We're only looking for similar. This phrase is attributed to Yesenin and is often used as a status in social networks. But Esenin probably doesn't belong. At least in the poems of the beloved poet, we did not find it. The nearest meaning is the Yeseninsky: You can only love once..
    That's why you're a stranger,
    That lindens beckon us in vain,
    Immersing my feet in snowdrifts.

    I know, and you know,
    What is this moonlight blue?
    These lindens are not flowers.
    There's snow on these lindens.

    What we loved long ago,
    You're not me, I'm different.
    We both don't care.
    Playing love is cheap.

    But still caress and hug.
    In the evil passion of kissing,
    May the heart dream forever
    And the one I love forever.



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