A hodge-podge of interesting quotes and proverbs
1.Don't let sorrow come higher than your knees.-Swedish proverb
2.It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.-Voltaire(1694-1778)
3.Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.-Bernard DeVoto
4.A wise man knows everything,a shrewd one everybody.-Anonymous
5.Harsh words and poor reasoning never settle anything.-Chinese proverb
6.Being empty is the beginning.-Sue Bender
7.The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will,and the other from a strong won't.-Henry Ward Beecher
8.A gem cannot be polished without friction,nor a man perfected without trials.-Chinese proverb
9.It is natural for human beings to want impossible things:excitement and a quiet life,freedom and security,truth and a picture of the world that flatters their sense of self-importance.-John Gray,author of BLACK MASS:APOCALYPTIC RELIGION AND THE DEATH OF UTOPIA.
2.It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.-Voltaire(1694-1778)
3.Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.-Bernard DeVoto
4.A wise man knows everything,a shrewd one everybody.-Anonymous
5.Harsh words and poor reasoning never settle anything.-Chinese proverb
6.Being empty is the beginning.-Sue Bender
7.The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will,and the other from a strong won't.-Henry Ward Beecher
8.A gem cannot be polished without friction,nor a man perfected without trials.-Chinese proverb
9.It is natural for human beings to want impossible things:excitement and a quiet life,freedom and security,truth and a picture of the world that flatters their sense of self-importance.-John Gray,author of BLACK MASS:APOCALYPTIC RELIGION AND THE DEATH OF UTOPIA.
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