The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
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Every step of life shows much caution is required. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Complete happiness can look so much like complete terror that its hard to tell them apart. ~Carol Plum-Ucci
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Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction. ~Ha-Joon Chang
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
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In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence. ~Gary Ross
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy. ~Sebastian Faulks
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school. ~Valentino Garavani
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb. ~Irwin Redlener
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Every dog hath its day. ~English Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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