Thursday, December 20, 2007

ARMENIAN WISDOM

Baruir Sevak: "It is better to be a good reader
than a bad writer."
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Karekin Nejdeh: "When a man falls down and
doesn’t have the will to stand up, no amount of
help will be of any use to him. It is the same
with a nation that does nothing but complain,
lament, and beg."
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Anonymous: "The worship of money is a terminal
disease."
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Raffi: "The message of the world is clear: If you
don’t learn how to kill, you forfeit your right
to exist."
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Gostan Zarian: "If a thought cannot be expressed
in a few words it cannot be worth expressing."
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Shmavon Hovsepian: "A jury of tigers, crocodiles,
wolves, and hyenas is not qualified to condemn to
death a cat guilty of killing a mouse."
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Hagop Baronian: "Avarice is an addiction whose
eyes are bigger than its belly."

2 comments:

ARA BALIOZIAN said...

“You are not an Armenian writer!”
I consider that a compliment.
I don’t write as an Armenian.
I write as a human being.
There is no merit in being a member of an exclusive club
at the expense of your humanity.
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ARA BALIOZIAN said...

Gostan Zarian: "If a thought cannot be expressed
in a few words it cannot be worth expressing."