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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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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Sometimes to keep it together you have got to leave it alone. ~Don Henley
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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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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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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We live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups. I ask, in my writing, "What is real?" Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms. I do not distrust their motives; I distrust their power. They have a lot of it. And it is an astonishing power, that of creating whole universes, universes of the mind. I ought to know. I do the same thing. ~Philip K. Dick
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. ~Gaston Bachelard
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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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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team. ~Jon Krakauer
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish 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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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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Percy is the most powerful demigod I've ever met. No offense to you guys but it's true. ~Rick Riordan
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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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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