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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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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An angry man is full of poison. ~Confucius
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~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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Let me make it clear that I do not assert that a President and the Congress must on all points agree with each other at all times. Many times in history there has been complete disagreement between the two branches of the Government, and in these disagreements sometimes the Congress has won and sometimes the President has won. But during the administration of the present President we have had neither agreement nor a clear-cut battle. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was involved with Shakespeare and Company. ~Courtney B. Vance
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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