Every beginning is weak. ~Irish Proverb
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everything is prospective, and man is to live hereafter. That the world is for his education is the only sane solution of the enigma. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. ~Gaston Bachelard
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Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish. ~Theodor Reik
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese 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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