Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities... on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. ~Bill Gates
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"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts." ~John Green
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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
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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He who cannot howl will not find his pack. ~Charles Simic
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One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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Thoughts crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstances. ~Bryan Adams
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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With those people, I'm very far apart, because I believe that government access to communications and stored records is valuable when done under tightly controlled conditions which protect legitimate privacy interests. ~Dorothy Denning
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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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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Men easily believe what they want to. ~Latin Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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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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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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