Tears gratify a savage ...

Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.
Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.
 Publilius Syrus

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Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
 William Tecumseh Sherman
The same mentality that leads to environmental despoliation, environmental destruction, also leads to damage to people.
 Naomi Oreskes
You can't break poor people mentality. Once you grow up poor, you don't take anything for granted. It can have the negative side also because you can never truly be relaxed.
 Will Smith
The man with the average mentality, but with control, with a definite goal, and a clear conception of how it can be gained, and above all, with the power of application and labor, wins in the end.
 William Howard Taft
I think society had to grow up to the mentality of Peter Norman.
 John Carlos

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I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
 Publilius Syrus
While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.
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A rolling stone gathers no moss.
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Never promise more than you can perform.
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Better be ignorant of a matter than half know it.
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