There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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I'm a little concerned I'm always going to be playing a black guy, you know what I'm saying? ~Dule Hill
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. ~Ronald Reagan
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Everything we "know" from above [heaven], we know from down here [earth]. How can you take something like that seriously? ~Steve Stevaert
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh 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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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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In our changing world nothing changes more than geography. ~Pearl S. Buck
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Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts. ~Soren Kierkegaard
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that. ~Paul Weyrich
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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