A gem is not

A gem is not
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.
  

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The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.
Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.
Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.
Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.
Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.
A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.
No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp
Renown and repose do not go together.
Timinghas a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.