Sword, Terry Pratchett

The pen is mightier than the sword ... if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.

- Terry Pratchett, in his Discworld novel The Light Fantastic (1986)

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Switzerland, Graham Greene

Switzerland is only bearable covered with snow...like some people are only bearable under a sheet

- Graham Greene, "travels with my aunt"

Risk, Leo Buscaglia

To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

- Leo Buscaglia, in Living, Loving, and Learning (1985)

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Peace, Polish proverb

One man may teach another to speak, but none can teach another to hold his peace.

- Polish proverb

남에게 말하기는 가르칠 수 있으나 침묵은 가르칠 수 없다.

- 폴란드속담

Mankind, Immanuel Kant

Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.

- Immanuel Kant, in Idea for a General History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose (1784), Proposition 6.

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Attitude, Timothy Bentley

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.

~ Timothy Bentley ~

Work, Mortimer Adler

Work that is pure toil, done solely for the sake of the money it earns, is also sheer drudgery because it is stultifying rather than self improving.

- Mortimer Adler, A Vision of the Future : Twelve Ideas for a Better Life and a Better Society (1984).

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Endeavor, Turkish Proverb

Measure a thousand times and cut once.

- Turkish Proverb

천번 재고, 단번에 베라.

- 터키속담

Romance·Relationships, Elizabeth Ashley

In a great romance, each person plays a part the other really likes.

- Elizabeth Ashley

Appearance, Mark Twain

Man is the only animal that blushes--or needs to.

- Mark Twain