A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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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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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do. ~Warren Spahn
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Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are. ~Norman Vincent Peale
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In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints; and gods. ~Steven Pinker
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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Hopes are always accompanied by fears, and, in scientific research, the fears are liable to become dominant. ~Paul Dirac
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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Remember the street car cannot turn out. ~Charles Melville Hays
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose. ~Warren Christopher
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed. That sets his doors wide open to a thief, and shows the felon where his treasure lies? ~Ben Jonson
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