Spear, African Proverb

A sharp spear needs no polish.

- African Proverb

날카로운 창은 광택이 필요없다.

- 아프리카속담

Life, George Moore

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.

- George Moore
인간은 자신이 필요로 하는 것을 찾아 세계를 여행하고 집에 돌아와 그것을 발견한다.

- 조지 무어

Swiss, Blaise Pascal

The Swiss are offended by being called gentlemen, and prove themselves true plebeians in order to be thought worthy of great office.

- Blaise Pascal PENSÉES 305

Work, Russian Proverb

Let everyone pick his own nose.

- Russian Proverb

제각기 자기 코를 닦게 해라.

- 러시아속담

Computers, Richard Dawkins

If you don't know anything about computers, just remember that they are machines that do exactly what you tell them but often surprise you in the result.

- Richard Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker (1986), III, p.50 ISBN 0-393-31570-3

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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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