The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong. ~Marlene Dietrich
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive; those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood. ~Osamu Dazai
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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There's a lot to be said for not displacing people. ~Barney Frank
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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Lead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely. ~Cleanthes
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As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth. ~Gautama Buddha
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Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him; and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of vengeance, of black-mail, of recovering one's self-respect. Loyalty, not love. ~Alberto Moravia
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice. ~Voltaire
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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Winning is everything in Hollywood. ~Olympia Dukakis
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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