Random Quotes
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Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world.The Talmud, Mishna. Sanhedrin
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, A Hundred Sayings
You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.Saint Bernard, Epistle
Do not hold as gold all that shines as gold.Alain de Lille
He who comes first, eats first. [Familiar as: First come first served.]Eike von Repkow
Ask advice only of your equals.Danish Proverb
Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.Saint Thomas Aquinas, Two Precepts of Charity
In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy
All hope abandon, ye who enter here!Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy
There is no greater sorrow
Than to be mindful of the happy time
In misery.Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy