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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Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.
Now-a-days women don't hire domestic help-they marry it.
Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.
If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him
We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.
Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.
Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.
The great despisers are the greater reverers.
Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?
Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.