There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite. ~Jorge Luis Borges
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We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see. ~George Berkeley
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The advantage we have as Americans is that we can be fair; we tend to be more open-minded about different styles of wine. ~Robert M. Parker
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The corporation is an out-of-control Frankenstein. ~Jerry Brown
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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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Patience is the only way you can endure the gray periods. ~Teri Hatcher
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Remember the street car cannot turn out. ~Charles Melville Hays
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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. ~Jane Austen
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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
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When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does. ~Cassandra Clare
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Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same. ~Malcolm Forbes
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African 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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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained. ~Aaron Burr
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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