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"Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale were I a swan, the part of a swan." »Epictetus
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"In a twilight garden, when a brown nightingale starts singing, what is left to a blonde chicken is to remain silent." »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"In the enemy's territory, be as silent as the owl's wings; in friend's territory, be as cheerful as the nightingale's songs." »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"You can be a flower in somebody's garden or a pig or the sunshine or a crow or a nightingale! Be something nice in someone else's garden." »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"Nature gets credit which should in truth be reserved for ourselves: the rose for its scent, the nightingale for its song; and the sun for its radiance. The poets are entirely mistaken. They should address their lyrics to themselves and should turn them into odes of self congratulation on the excellence of the human mind." »Alfred North Whitehead
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