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Candle needs darkness to show his talents. Good shines only beside the bad; it will disappear when the bad disappears. Where there is no darkness, candle is forgotten.

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Only the paths that lead to nowhere, merely the storms that are violent, purely the dangerous forests make man a real man!
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Dangerous Man Path Reality Storm Violence
Heraclitus says you cannot step into the same river twice. We can also say that the same river cannot touch us twice!
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Change Nature River Touch
Horizons will not come to you; you must go to the horizons!
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Horizon Inspirational Limitation
Every time thief steals, he steals from his own peace, from his own honour! No man is as poor as a rich thief!
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Peace Poor Rich Steal Thief Time
Violence is the tool of the barbarian; aggression is the method of the primitive; bloodshed is the way of the savage; cruelty is the manner of the brutish! To be called as a ‘civilised,’ man must be peaceable!
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Aggression Civilization Man Method Peace Violence
Hard roads are not opened by themselves; they are opened by some brave people!
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Brave Hard Open People Road
When the sun sets beautifully, other beauties rise. Nature is a theatre; when one great player leaves the scene, another great player immediately enters. The play always continues excellently.
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Beautiful Excellence Greatness Nature Play Player Rise Sun Theatre
A good book is a lighthouse; a wise man is a lighthouse; conscience is a lighthouse; compassion is a lighthouse; science is a lighthouse! They all show us the true path! Keep them in your life to remain safe in the rocky and dark waters of life!
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Conscience Darkness Good Life Path Science True Water Wisdom
In a conservative old town, say something new and be prepared for the stones!
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Conservative Preparation Stone
Be as soft as possible, if something good and wise wants to shape you; be as hard as possible, if something bad and foolish wants to shape you!
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Fools Possible Shape Soft Wisdom Yourself
The best advice I’ve ever heard about anything is this: Don’t exaggerate! When you work hard, when you sleep long, when you love much, when you are very sad, always remember this advice: Don’t exaggerate!
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Advice Best Hard Work Remember Sadness
Not every ant which stays under the elephant’s foot dies; the most powerful cannot always kill the weakest!
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Kill Powerful Stay Weakness
Kings kill; clowns don’t; therefore the clowns of the kings are more valuable than the kings!
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Clown Kill King Value
In a marshland amongst the crocodiles, there float beautiful water lilies! Even in the Hell, one can find the good and the beauty.
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Beautiful Crocodile Float Oneself
In autumn, don’t go to jewellers to see gold; go to the parks!
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Autumn Gold Jewel See
Beautiful roads do not always lead to beautiful places! Heaven may be hidden at the end of an ugly road! Do not be deceived by the beginning; try to see the end!
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Beautiful Beginning Heaven Hide Place Road Ugly

Candle needs darkness to show his talents. Good shines only beside the bad; it will disappear when the bad disappears. Where there is no darkness, candle is forgotten.

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