Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. ~Hans Kung
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Laughter is the best medicine. ~Modern Proverb
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It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them. ~Rabindranath Tagore
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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