A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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May God in his mercy enable us without obstinacy to perceive our errors. ~Michael Servetus
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In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly. ~Charles R. Swindoll
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It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves. ~John Bulwer
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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Without consciousness, space and time are nothing. ~Robert Lanza
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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, the positive pronounce without dismay. ~William Cowper
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I'm happy quite a lot of the time. I've done far more than I ever thought I would have, so I'd be very hard-pressed to walk around miserable. ~Robert Smith
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
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If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York. ~Haile Gebrselassie
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Instead of living in the sunshine of God's forgiveness through Christ, we tend to live under an overcast sky of guilt most of the time. ~Jerry Bridges
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
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Happy are men who yet before they are killed, can let their veins run cold. ~Wilfred Owen
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me. ~Chuck Mangione
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen. ~Hippocrates
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