who does better than
that, for he had a mother who loves him. Can you not equal a woman?

God and a mother asked each other the same question: "How long will you
continue to forgive your children?"

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A man is like a drop of water, but mankind is like the ocean. A drop of
water cannot endure a look of the sun, but the ocean bears iron and
lead.

A man is like one blade of grass. Mankind is like a meadow. A traveller
going along does not see the blade, but the meadow rejoices his sight.

A man's life is not one man's life, but is the life of mankind so
closely interwoven that it resembles the carpet covering the floor of a
room.

Things happen to-day, the cause of which began yesterday; but things
also happen to-day, the cause of which date from the beginning of the
world.

Man grows old, but not the world. Man dies, but the world cannot.

The world cannot die, because it is in touch with God, and therefore is
immortal.

Not everything is in touch with God, nor yet with the sun.

Everything is affected by the sun directly or indirectly, and the same
is true of God.

The best things are a bridge between God and the world, but God only
knows what the best things are.

Cold makes darkness deeper, just as darkness makes cold more intense.
The progress of the heart is slower than the progress of the brain.

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A serpent lives in the water, but the water is not poisonous; if your
tongue is poisonous, keep the mouth closed so as not to poison the air.

Giving is pleasanter than receiving.

A king boasted that he would rule all the earth, but the sun looking
down upon him could not distinguish him from the clay on which he stood.

That man is my friend who lives laboriously like the bee and dies
quietly like the grass.

When wolves and sheep are brothers, what will the wolves eat?

Lift up your hearts to heaven. The foulest water is purified when it is
lifted to the clouds of heaven.

The greatest pain should not be the subject of speech.

The headache is worse than a pain in the hand, a toothache than a
headache, crucifixion than toothache, and hopeless slavery than
crucifixion.

A gipsy, asked what pain is greatest, said: "To be hungry and to see
bread before the householder's dog."

A mother, asked what pain is greatest, said: "To see a snake coming from
the grave of one's child."

A man, asked what three things he