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“Lion may be admired for courage, strength and tenacity but its life is a living death. Once dispossessed of a pride or injured, it dies very miserably. That a lion, of all its charisma can die so wretchedly emphasizes the fact that death is a great leveler.”
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“The true strength of a man is measured by how tenderly he teats a woman.”
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“Individuals make up groups and associations. When individuals are strong, associations are strong; as the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined. We do not want to be the weakest link that cuts a chain. Instead we want to be part of the strength in numbers.”
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“If you hear ‘I will show you pepper’, you are very fortunate. If he shows you his pepper, show him your tomatoes; he shows you his ginger, you show him your onions. With these ingredients, you are on your way to becoming friends on spicy pot of stew.”
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“A womanizer has no better fish to fry if employed as a teacher in a girls’ high school.”
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“A true leader cannot be relegated to the rear. He has an impeccable pedigree of ideas that impregnates him with a sweltering desire. His vision is clear and his mission is clean.”
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“If one lie or one theft qualify one as a liar or a thief; why does one truth or one honesty not qualify one as truthful or honest? Puzzling!”
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“In love, two become one; but their oneness does not destroy their individuality. They may fall apart; but like a pair of scissors they are pinned together and crushing anything that comes in-between.”
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“What on earth will appetize a man to die for something bitter if there are no benefits? Else people will curse his corpse for dying foolishly when the world abounds with sweet things to die for.”
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“True money can’t buy life but you can lose a life because of poverty.”
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“Poverty is not necessarily a sign of laziness or imbecility. Sensitivity to indecency and being a victim of unfortunate unforeseen events also contribute.”
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“Affluence and influence are two sides of the wealth coin; around its circumference are power, glory, honor, pomp and pageantry.”
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“Life is so unfair. Why would children be born to parents who use and abuse them while those who cherish and ‘garnish’ them remain ‘empty’? Why would the obdurate and cantankerous abound in wealth while the affectionate and generous pauperize? Why would the beautiful and dutiful lack suitors while the bland and unplanned are plenteously patronized? Why would everyday be for the thief’ and not for the chief? Why, why and why?”
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“Not surprising though, those whose wealth come from questionable practices hardly utilize it for answerable causes. They thereby insulate themselves from divine recognition.”
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“Some say, choose the lesser of two evils, but why choose evil at all. Leave evil for the Devil.”
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“A meaningful silence is worth more than a meaningless talk. If you have nothing significant to say, give yourself a ‘significant’ shut up.”
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“Attempting to condense the effect of serial offence is immense nonsense; the culprit cannot silence the law. He will face the consequence when sentence is passed. Residence in jail will be his lot where other convicts will burst his smelly jelly belly.”
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“The lack of logic in magic is tragic.”
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“Beware of nostalgic stimulus if you’re allergic to the logic of strategic comedy.”
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“Wishing the dead, ‘rest in peace’ is meaningless – it’s something they already have. Resting peacefully is an exclusive desire of the living or do you wish to be disturbed when at rest? Rest peacefully and rest in peace are one and the same thing. The difference is only in our perception.”
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“Live while making a living because you will leave everything behind when you leave.”
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“A heart filled with positive thoughts has no room for frivolities and obscenities.”
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“The road to success is rough and tough, you boil and toil but you finally smile in style.”
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“Every disappointment is preceded by an appointment. If we do not appoint a person as a reliable friend, neither will we be disappointed when he’s not on point at the point of our need.”
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“It is sad comedy the way sane people clad in rough fad fit only for the insane. The unkempt hair, torn clothes, sagging pants, topless tops, ladder high heels, solar panel sunshades, slits longer than clothes, etc. Madness is everywhere!”
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“I am wondering; an alcoholic and a ‘craziholic’ who is the greater ‘holic’? In other words, the dizziness of drunkenness and the dazedness of madness, which is the greater ‘ness’?”
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“If love is blind, a blind person in love is at home.”
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“That a woman’s place is in the home and that a woman’s work is never done are both correct. Where then is a man’s place, in the swamp? If in the same home, then they are in a 50-50 partnership.”
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“In pride some angels lost a glorious relationship and became demons. In humility some humans will gain the glorious relationship and become angels.”
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“Some women endowed with pulchritude are less in manners. They flaunt their admirable natural assets as if they are the sole prerequisite for a successful relationship.”
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“A proud person loses relationships easily; he is better of securing his pride and losing friends than losing his pride and securing friends.”
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“It is painful that some couples are in a dog-eat-dog situation. The unanimity displayed by barking dogs, despite their differences, is a good lesson.”
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“A proud person is always busy looking down on those below him that he hardly looks up to recognize those above him.”
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“55. Invest your best with zest. Try to arrest the unrest. Digest your rest and be blessed, lest you’re laid to rest.”
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“Looking is one thing, seeing is another. Some only see with their eyes while others see with their minds also. However, inability to see with the mind is the worst kind of blindness.”
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“The ability to analyze a situation, realize a solution and actualize a change distinguishes the mature from the miniature minded.”
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“It takes a sterner stuff for a person in love to think straight. Most people fall head over heel in love leaving their minds behind. Love sweeps them off their feet and they stand lopsided, and so is their thinking. They accept the unacceptable in the guise that love is blind. When the reality of matrimony opens their eyes, they are pregnant with regrets.”
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“Worrying or ignoring snoring can be boring and annoying.”
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“You’ll be sorry to worry when you’ve done your best; instead pull an easy chair and cheer yourself.”
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“A woman’s body and her heart are entwined; you can’t savor her body and dump her heart. It’s the heart that propels the body.”
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“If a small thing angers a full-fledged man, it implies that his heart and mind are equal to or less than the small thing that tripped him.”
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“The more we learn, the more we know there is more to learn. We are blind to the things we are ignorant of.”
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“Birth into fortune is no achievement. Achievement comes when those with silver spoons remember that they owe life a debt payable by sharing with those without spoon.”
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“There is no hindrance to a hungry man who has been served food except he suspects it is poisoned.”
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“The intent of peepers may not be to defame the character of their victims but to pride themselves in their ability to sniff out and demystify their pride.”
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“It is bizarre that people should commit atrocities in the name of their god. Such ones’ medulla oblong 'commonsense' is submerged in ecclesiastical balderdash.”
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“Nobody in good health and sanity invites death.”
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“Money is a language universally understood. Inability to speak it fluently is a deformity. Moral support, sympathy and oratory are all bark and no bite if not backed with cash. Any claim on wisdom without cash is void.”
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“Money readily rhymes with honey. The irony is that the journey to both is thorny. The testimony of those tasting money is in harmony with the above.”
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“Money is power and a friend in power is a friend lost.”
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