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“Only man has law. Law must be built, do you understand me? You must build the law.”

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Raphael Lemkin was a prominent lawyer and Jewish American, born on June 24, 1900, and died on August 28, 1959. He had a profound impact on international law, particularly for his legal definitions of crimes against humanity and genocide. more

“A high character might be produced, I suppose, by continued prosperity, but it has very seldom been the case. Adversity, however it may appear to be our foe, is our true friend; and, after a little acquaintance with it, we receive it as a precious thing - the prophecy of a coming joy. It should be no ambition of ours to traverse a path without a thorn or stone.”

Should May Littles Character Might Joy Cases Path Ambition Stones Adversity Prosperity Prophecy Foe Acquaintance True Friend Precious Things Traverse

Book:The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 36: Sermons 2121-2181

Source: The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 36: Sermons 2121-2181

“The world is not bound to get better as a result of new discoveries in science and technology, nor is it bound to get worse, there will simply be new opportunities for making it better or worse.”

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Author:Brian Stableford

“The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies.”

World Soul Country Body Cities

Author:Bahá'u'lláh

“I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes, but I laugh, and eat well, and grow strong.”

Wells Strong Grows Company Laughing Brother Kitchen

Author:Langston Hughes

“We parents ask dumb questions, therefore we get dumb answers.”

Asks Parent Answers Dumb Dumb Questions

Author:Bill Cosby

“There ain't much future for a man who works the sea, there ain't no island left for islanders like me.”

Men Left Sea Like Me Islands

Author:Billy Joel

“Regard ye the world as a man's body, which is afflicted with diverse ailments, and the recovery of which dependeth upon the harmonizing of all its component elements.”

Men World Body Elements Regard Recovery Diverse Components Ailments

Author:Bahá'u'lláh

“The fact that we still live well cannot ease the feeling that we no longer live nobly.”

Wells Stills Facts Feelings Ease Live Well

Author:John Updike

“As long as the hummingbird had not abandoned the land, somewhere there were still flowers, and they could all go on.”

Long Stills Land Flower Goes On Abandoned Hummingbirds

Book:Ceremony

Source: Ceremony

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