I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
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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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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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Men easily believe what they want to. ~Latin Proverb
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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We can't afford as a nation; not because of money but because of our social fabric; to have large numbers of people who are not working. ~Donna Shalala
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Where there is sunshine the doctor starves. ~Flemish Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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I never really thought about becoming a professional musician. ~John Mayall
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