Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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These days I seem to think about the things I forgot to do for you and all the times I had a chance to. ~Jackson Browne
#quotes #jackson-browne #wish

Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth. ~H. P. Lovecraft
#quotes #h-p-lovecraft #earth #life #pessimism

It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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When a man mentally undresses a woman it's merely sex; but when a woman mentally dresses a man he's in dire danger of matrimony. ~Helen Nielsen
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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. ~Jane Austen
#quotes #jane-austen #marriage

If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
#proverbs #estonian-proverbs #gratitude

One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position.
#quotes #tim-pawlenty #barack-obama #politics #leadership #united-states

As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, the positive pronounce without dismay. ~William Cowper
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought of freedom, in that hope itself possess. All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength. The scorn of danger, and united hearts. The surest presage of the good they seek. ~William Cowper
#quotes #william-cowper #liberty

Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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Where life plants you, bloom with grace. ~French Proverb
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
#proverbs #hindu-proverbs #self #competition