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Quote by Dag Hammarskjold

“He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a plot for weeds.”

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Dag Hammarskjöld was a distinguished Swedish diplomat and the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. Born on July 29, 1905, in Sweden, he passed away on September 18, 1961. During his tenure, he was committed to maintaining international peace and security, and promoting cooperation and development in various fields of the United Nations. more

“Do you suppose that I should have lived as long as I have if I had moved in the sphere of public life, and conducting myself in that sphere like an honorable man, had always upheld the cause of right, and conscientiously set this end above all other things? Not by a very long way, gentlemen; neither would any other man.”

Ifs Men Way Should Long Ends Causes Should Have Moved Gentleman Spheres Honorable Long Way Public Life Conducting Honorable Man

Author:Socrates

“If I had engaged in politics, O men of Athens, I should have perished long ago, and done no good either to you or to myself.”

Ifs Men Should Long Done Should Have Engaged Long Ago Athens

Author:Socrates

“Do you expect, forsooth, that a mother will hand down to her children principles which differ from her own?”

Children Hands Mother Principles

Author:Juvenal

“He who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.”

Source: Rubáiyát: English, French, German, Italian, and Dutch translations comparatively arranged in accordance with the text of Edward Fitzgerald's version, with further selections, notes, biographies, bibliographies, and other material

Quote by Dag Hammarskjold

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