Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone and more fragile than a rose.


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G.K. CHESTERTON
It's more easier to give than to forgive & more harder to forget than to get.
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A man, who is stronger than life, alone, Can sculpture from word to century.
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A great man once said that right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
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A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
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An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.
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An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.
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The ballot is stronger than bullets.
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Love is stronger than justice.
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Love is stronger than violence.
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Habit is stronger than reason.
GEORGE SANTAYANA
Breed is stronger than pasture.
GEORGE ELIOT
Love is stronger than hate.
BOB RAE
Nothing is stronger than habit.
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He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man.
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