God will not place a burden on a man's shoulders knowing that he cannot carry it.

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A wise man hears one word and understands two.

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Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated. — Nelson Mandela

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Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.

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Men grow old, but they do not ripen.

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I would rather be the first man in a barbarian village than the second man in Rome.

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In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.- Khalil Gibran

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Happy is the house that shelters a friend. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A man is responsible for his ignorance.

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Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others. ― Roy T. Bennett,

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