Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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Carved with figures strange and sweet, All made out of the carver's brain. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Artists are always looking for new things and fresh ground and fresh air. If it feels new to me, there's a chance it'll feel new to the audience and we'll have found something. ~Jerry Seinfeld
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it. ~Confucius
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I held hands with her all the time; that doesn't sound like much, I realize, but she was terrific to hold hands with. Most girls if you hold hands with them, their goddam hand dies on you, or else they think they have to keep moving their hand all the time, as if they were afraid they'd bore you or something. Jane was different. We'd get into a goddam movie or something, and right away we'd start holding hands, and we wouldn't quit till the movie was over. And without changing the position or making a big deal out of it. You never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were. ~J. D. Salinger
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People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life. ~Katherine Jenkins
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself. ~Edgar Degas
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish 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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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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