If you borrow some chaff from the rich man you have to repay him with wheat.
The wise man who does not put his knowledge into practice is like a bee that gives no honey.
The one-eyed man thanks God only when he sees a man blind in both eyes.
The fool sings a love song to his wife, the wise man will talk about his dog.
The wise man says what he knows; the fool doesn't know what he is saying.
A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
Life is strange. Every so often a good man wins.
Musharraf is a good man and wants to improve relations with India.
The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
The free man cannot be long an ignorant man.
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