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Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy.

Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy.

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The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity read more

The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that it's this or maybe that - you have just one large statement; It is this.

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They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this read more

They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit.

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When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we read more

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.

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When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to read more

When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.

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