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A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.
A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.
Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so can good men be known by their enemies.
Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so can good men be known by their enemies.
Keep a green tree in your heart, and maybe one day a bird will come.
Keep a green tree in your heart, and maybe one day a bird will come.
Clever men are sometimes the dupes of their own cleverness.
Clever men are sometimes the dupes of their own cleverness.
Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.
Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger.
Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
There are two perfect men; one dead, and the other unborn.
There are two perfect men; one dead, and the other unborn.
No one knows how difficult anything is until he has tried to do it.
No one knows how difficult anything is until he has tried to do it.
