I want to take back at least half of the "I love you"s, because I didn't mean them as much as the other ones. ~David Levithan
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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When I was a medical student in the 1950s, we practically never spoke about Alzheimer's disease. And why is that so? And that is because people didn't live long enough to have Alzheimer's disease. ~Eric Kandel
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite. ~Jorge Luis Borges
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong. ~Ben Stein
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. ~Michel de Montaigne
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One doctor makes work for another. ~English Proverb
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life, the lesson of your utter insignificance. ~Joseph Brodsky
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law. ~Elisha Gray
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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Entrepreneurs don't write a 100-page business plan and execute it one time, they're always experimenting and adapting based on what they learn. ~Thomas Friedman
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Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets. ~Democritus
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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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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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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