A bundle of quotes and proverbs

1.Writing is a struggle against silence.-Carlos Fuentes
2.He who must die,must die in the dark,even though he sells candles.-Colombian proverb
3.When a man boasts about what he'll do tomorrow we like to find out what he did yesterday.-Anonymous
4.The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities.-Chinese proverb
5.Some days you're the dog,some days you're the hydrant.
6.We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.-Ernest Hemmingway
7.Any fool may write a most valuable book by chance,if he will only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity.-Thomas Gray,1768
8.He who carves the Buddha never worships him.-Chinese proverb
9.A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.-Jebodiah Springfield
10.Great souls have wills;feeble ones have wishes.-Chinese proverb