Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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The desert tells a different story every time one ventures on it. ~Robert Edison Fulton
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. ~Dick Cheney
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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In my humble opinion, change is stupid. ~Rafael Nadal
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When I walk down the runway, my main goal is to not think about the people watching. The idea of all eyes on me would make me too uncomfortable. As I step on the runway, I take a deep breath, focus on a point in the distance, and go! ~Gisele Bundchen
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Among the southern tribes, on the contrary, hats were sometimes worn in the dance, although this was not considered in strict accordance with the doctrine. ~James Mooney
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People aren't paying to see the Kevin McHale show, they're paying to see the cast of "Glee." ~Kevin McHale
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Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved, it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein
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All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible. ~Abraham Lincoln
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Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ~Abe Fortas
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. ~Dag Hammarskjold
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Here's the thing, for me at least: this is a huge genre now. It wasn't always so. Not so many years ago, it wasn't so. There is a tremendous diversity in fantasy today. ~R. A. Salvatore
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments. ~Natalie Clifford Barney
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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