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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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men ~Tunku Abdul Rahman
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen 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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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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Will is stronger than fact; it can mold and overcome fact. ~H. G. Wells
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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