Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary. ~Ben Nelson
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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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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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban 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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The footprint of the owner is the best manure. ~English Proverb
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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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But one of the amazing things about documentary is that you can remake it every time you make one. There is no rule about how a documentary film has to be made. ~Errol Morris
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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