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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected wit

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. – Chinese Proverb

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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. – Chinese Proverb

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Gambling
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Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war. – Homer, Iliad

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Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight. – Josh Billings

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Adversity

God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage. – Proverb

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Adversity

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. – Edmund Burke, The Revolution in France, 1790

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Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest. – George Eliot

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The question is, will we continue to fight what may be a rearguard action to defend universal literacy as a central goal of our education system, or are we bold enough to see whats actually happening to our culture? – Hugh Mackay

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Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history – revisionist historians is what I like to call them. – George W. Bush

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Id skip school regularly to see movies – even in the morning, in the small Parisian theaters that opened early. – Francois Truffaut

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