A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole. ~Arthur Capper
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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I am defeated all the time, yet to victory I am born. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. ~Jim Jeffords
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If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead. ~V. S. Naipaul
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Trying to use the power of yoga to improve your life, this is a terrible mistake. Because all you are doing is binding yourself more. You're putting more of your attention into the transient world. ~Frederick Lenz
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Plaid is always cute and always will be. But only on the bottom. At the top, it makes you look like a farmer. ~Jen Lancaster
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I believe that how you feel is very important to how you look; that healthy equals beautiful. ~Victoria Principal
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Every step of life shows much caution is required. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. (Vino Veritas) ~Pliny the Elder
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull. ~Brandon Sanderson
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For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life, the lesson of your utter insignificance. ~Joseph Brodsky
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Every young girl wants to be a princess. Then, when you find a real-life one, it's very easy to imagine yourself in that role. ~Lauren Willig
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I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting. ~Linda Ronstadt
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It's like there's a moment that happens in baseball, and when it happens, I do everything to concentrate. When you do that, it can be good. ~Miguel Cabrera
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