#mal

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

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Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

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The most difficult part of playing Christ was that I had to keep up the image around the clock. As soon as the picture finished, I returned home to Sweden and tried to find my old self. It took six months to get back to normal. ↗

— Max von Sydow

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The absence of the heavy boot of Europe has preserved to these people the agile walk of the wild animal, while the general simplicity of their lives has given them many other points of physical perfection. ↗

— John Millington Synge

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In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

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A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

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In the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone's existence in this world. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

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My grandmother valued even the smallest of things. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

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The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

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