Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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Hope is a risk that must be run. ~Georges Bernanos
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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As tough as things have been, I am convinced you are tougher. I've seen your passion and I've seen your service. I've seen you engage and I've seen you turn out in record numbers. I've heard your voices amplified by creativity and a digital fluency that those of us in older generations can barely comprehend. I've seen a generation eager, impatient even, to step into the rushing waters of history and change its course. ~Barack Obama
#quotes #barack-obama #politics

A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not try and save yourself. The self that is trying to be saved is not you. ~Mooji
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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