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When we define democracy now it must still be as a thing hoped for but not seen.
Pearl S. Buck
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Pearl S. Buck
Age: 80 †
Born: 1892
Born: June 26
Died: 1973
Died: March 6
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Human Rights Activist
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Oregon
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You are right,” he had said. “Love is not the word. No one can love his neighbor. Say, rather, ‘Know thy neighbor as thyself.” That is, comprehend his hardships and understand his position, deal with his faults as gently as with your own. Do not judge him where you do not judge yourself. Madame, this is the meaning of the word love.
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To know what one can have and to do with it, being prepared for no more, is the basis of equilibrium.
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A foreigner is a friend I have yet to meet.
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If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.
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