Nasreddin quotes
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“Knowledge is like the carrot, few know by looking at the green top that the best part, the orange part, is there. Like the carrot, if you don't work for it, it will wither away and rot. And finally, like the carrot, there are a great many donkeys and jackasses that are associated with it.”
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“A man called, wanting to borrow a rope. "You cannot have it," said Nasrudin. "Why not?" "Because it is in use." "But I can see it just lying there, on the ground." "That's right: that's its use.”
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“One of the neighbors found Nasreddin scattering crumbs all around his house. "Why are you doing that?" he asked. "I'm keeping the tigers away," replied Nasreddin. "But there aren't any tigers around here," said the neighbor. "That's right," said Nasreddin. "You see how well it works?”
-- Nasreddin
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Source : Angie Sage (2012). “Queste: Septimus Heap”, p.333, Bloomsbury Publishing
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“If you don't know what makes green, you're going to try every color combination.”
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“Probably the person who said the only color in Los Angeles is green was right.”
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“O pastoral heart of England! like a psalm Of green days telling with a quiet beat.”
Source : 'Ode upon Eckington Bridge'
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“A great many of us must move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of disobedience.”
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“Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves.”
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