We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend. ~Tony Snow
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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The truest success is but the development of self. ~Charles Atlas
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Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune. ~Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Maturity is the ability to postpone gratification. ~Sigmund Freud
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. ~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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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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"Feminist comedy," practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children. ~Grace Slick
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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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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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. ~Hermann Hesse
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. ~Daniel Burnham
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