The people we keep standing in the anteroom of our favor either start fermenting or turn sour.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.

Franklin Roosevelt

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Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.

Chanakya

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The cuckoos remain silent for a long time (for several seasons) until they are able to sing sweetly (in the Spring) so as to give joy to all.

Chanakya

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The man who is praised by others is regarded as worthy though he may be really void of all merit. But the man who sings his own praises becomes disgraced though he should be Indra, the possessor of all excellencies.

Chanakya

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Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

Chanakya

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