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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A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.
Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.
A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.
Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.
Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.
I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.
Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.
A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer
A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.
Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.
If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.
Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.