Quotes

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“Though the pen is mightier than the sword, the sword speaks louder and stronger at any given moment.”

Leonard Wibberley (1915–1983) Irish-American author

Source: The Mouse that Roared, p. 5.

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“I am determined and focussed on overcoming this injury and hope to be back fitter and stronger than before.”

Aaron Ramsey (1990) Welsh association football player

TheGuardian http://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/mar/05/aaron-ramsey-arsenal-injury-quotes Quotes about the double fracture of his right leg sustained on 27 February 2010 in a challenge with Stoke City's Ryan Shawcross, who was sent off for the offence (Published 5 March 2010)

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Ronnie James Dio photo

“I’ll smash your face in,
But with a smile,
All together you’ll never
Be stronger than me.”

Ronnie James Dio (1942–2010) American singer

"I" on Dehumanizer (1992)
Lyrics

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“Avoid those who believe they are stronger than you, because they are actually concealing their own fragility.”

Manuscript Found in Accra (2012), What should survivors tell their children?

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“Better to know the quick pain of truth than the ongoing pain of a long-held false hope.”

Trudi Canavan (1969) Australian writer

Source: Voice of the Gods

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“And in an infinite regress:
Tell me, why is the pain of birth
lighter borne than the pain of death?”

Joanna Newsom (1982) American musician

Divers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divers_(Joanna_Newsom_album) (2015)

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“Laughter is higher than all pain.”

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul
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“No farmer-sportsman group is stronger than the ties of mutual confidence and enthusiasm which bind its members.”

Aldo Leopold (1887–1948) American writer and scientist

"History of the Riley Game Cooperative, 1931-1939" [1940]; Published in For the Health of the Land, J. Baird Callicott and Eric T. Freyfogle (eds.), 1999, p. 189.
1940s

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“At the end of the day, we are so many digits in the machine. The point is – are these digits stronger than the competitors' digits?”

Lee Kuan Yew (1923–2015) First Prime Minister of Singapore

MM Lee Kuan Yew on Singapore workers, History of Singapore, 2005
2000s

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“Whosoever rises above things of this world, in front of which you kneel is much stronger than you.”

Ibn Hazm (994–1064) Arab theologian

ibid, p: 116

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