Melvin Goenawan

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Orang yang rela menukar kebebasan demi rasa aman, pada akhirnya akan kehilangan keduanya - benjamin franklin

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Jangan menjelaskan dirimu kepada siapa pun, karena mereka yang mencintaimu tidak membutuhkannya, dan mereka yang membencimu tidak akan memercayainya - Ali bin Abi Thalib r.a

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Loneliness in community / the epidemic of loneliness / lonely society

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Higher level of education should be based on rhetoric, logic and grammar

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Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas - Aristotle

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If we never did anything we shouldnt do, wed never feel good about doing things we should

[Melvin Goenawan @MelvinGoe]

Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it is about learning to dance in the rain

[Melvin Goenawan @MelvinGoe]

The price of progress is pain - the price of wisdom is experience - the price of strength is struggle - the price of success is failure

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Mencari kebahagiaan - ingin bahagia satu jam / tidur - ingin bahagia satu hari / mancing - ingin bahagia satu tahun / dapat warisan - ingin bahagia selamanya / berbuatlah baik

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A good speech is a lot like mini skirt, short enough to be interesting, long enough to cover part that needs to be covering

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Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted - Albert Einsten

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Between being love and feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of me, I'm meaningless - Lee Kuan Yew

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We are meant to lose what we love, we destine to never meet our expectation and believing is a sign of hopeless. Our life is meaningless, unjust and not fair. One suggest to not fight over reality, instead, move on, and make it worthwhile while it last

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A life is a tragedy in close up, and a comedy in long shot - Charlie Chaplin

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we live in a world when disease comes from medicine, media shares hoax, bank steals money, education teaches lies, and law defends crimes

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A fool is known by speech and a wise man known by silence - Phytagoras

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Ad maiora natus sum

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Find your lane, swim your race

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Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect - Euripides

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Alexander the great, when he took the throne "in the end, when it is over, all that matters is what you have done"