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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Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.
A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.
Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.
We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.
Anempty sack cannot stand up.
We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.
Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.
Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.
If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.